"Steve Pope" > wrote
> I mainly avoid them because of the cost and the uncontrolled
> amount of sodium.

This is the reason I usually like to make my own sauces.

>But an advantage, to me, of buying a stir
> fry sauce instead of using oyster sauce or black bean sauce
> combined with other ingredients is I do not go through
> the oyster or black bean sauces fast enough. I only make
> a few stir-fries per month.

Exactly what I said, and why I use bottled stir fry sauce.