Posted on 03/06/2012 10:18:22 AM PST by Renfield
Ancient condiment ping.
I wouldn’t mind tasting this ancient stuff.
Ya know how shrimp usually taste different at a Chinese restaurant than at home? Marinate your raw shrimp in some rice cooking wine, with a bit of fish sauce.
A precursor of Worchestershire sauce (which is made with fermented anchovies).
Garum self-pingy.
nouc mam, excellent on Vietnamese dog meat sandwiches!
Nouc mam? Try the prik num pla!
“Marinate your raw shrimp in some rice cooking wine, with a bit of fish sauce.”
Sounds delicious! Do you cook the shrimp after marinating, and if so, what cooking method?
How do I get on the ancient condiment ping list?
“Do you cook the shrimp after marinating, and if so, what cooking method?”
Stir fry the shrimp, and remove from wok. Stir fry any veggies that you like. Add the shrimp back in at the last minute. Serve. It doesn’t take much fish sauce to really do the marinade. Marinade them for about 15/20 minutes, stirring occasionally. I use Shao Hsing Rice Cooking Wine. Garnish with some chopped up green onion stalks. I like the dish made with Baby Bok Choy.
Should add that you don’t need much marinade. Just a little. Don’t drown the shrimp, just get ‘em wet, and stir once in a while.
This sounds great. Will be giving it a try.
You may have to experiment a bit, to get the right combination in the marinade. I just do it by instinct, cuz I’ve been cooking Chinese style for 45 years. I prefer to make my own Black Bean Garlic Sauce. Chinese lady friends,,,, etc,,,,... I couldn’t make a roast beef to save my life! Can’t cook Western/American style at all.
It took me almost forty years to forget the taste of that crap. Thanks for reminding me.
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Not sure if that is a real ping list, but SunkenCiv’s ancient history ping list is one of the highlights of FR, IMHO.
You did not have the real nunc mam from Phu Quoc Island.
The real uncut stuff was great. It was after it was sent to the mainland that it was cut with god only knows what.
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