Subject: What is Nuoc Mam (Vietnamese sauce stuff) made of?

From: [email-masked] (Nghia Vuong)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 21:00:48 GMT

>Phil Laak ([email-masked]) wrote:
>>: you this liquidy red/ yellow sauce stuff (Nuoc Mam).  I love the stuff

nuoc mam can be made from fish sauce that you can buy from asian
supermarkets. please go to either chinatown, or little saigon, if
you have one in your neighborhood. mix the nuoc mam with warm white
vinegar and sugar ( to taste ), crushed garlic ( fresh ones, not the
flaky stuff that comes in a jar ). and store the whole thing in a
glass jar. when you are ready to use it, add some nuoc mam in a side
dish and freshly crushed red peppers. if you need an exact-amount-
ingredients recipe, post the request, and i will try. i am sorry
but i keep changing the recipe depending on my mood and guests.
the current recipe that i used came from my own mother who is pure
chinese, so go figure.
by the way, the "correct" term is "nuoc cham". nuoc mam is pure, or
impure depending on what brands you buy, fish sauce. "impure" means
that it is either a mixture of fish and other sea-based whatchamacallit
or just pure whatchamacallit.
hey, on the other hand, where is your sense of adventure?