BubbaBob wrote:

"amalia" wrote:


"Cindy Fuller" wrote in message
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"Clarence" wrote:


Types, uses, brands, cost, etc.? Recipes?


Go for those bottled in glass, not plastic. Also, the Three
Crabs brand or any Phu Quoc style sauce is good.

^^^
Cindy, or anyone else, what does this mean, "Phu Quoc style?" Is
this a notation to look for on the bottle, maybe it denotes a
table sauce? Thanks,
Amalia





It means that it's imitation Phu Quoc. It means nothing. It's
marketing hype. Phu Quoc is a Vietnamese island that produces the
best nuoc mam in the world. They are to nuoc mam what the island of
Fukien is to soy sauce. Thai companies stole the name and made fake
Phu Quoc for decades for the US market. The fact that some are now
calling it Phu Quoc Style, rather than Phu Quoc (as they used to)
probably indicates that the Vietnamese nuoc mam companies in Phu Quoc
are finally getting litigious about this. The notation you want to
look for on a nuoc mam bottle is the one that says "made in Viet
Nam". Real VN nuoc mam has only penetrated about 5% into the US nuoc
mam market, so you may have to read a lot of labels before you find
the real thing.

Now let's talk about mam nem!

Best - krnntp