View Single Post
  #38 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Lynn from Fargo Lynn from Fargo is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 932
Default What Two Flavors go Best Together?

On Feb 19, 1:24*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
> > along those lines, i vote for soy sauce and sugar.

>
> Kecap manis.
>
> That's the kind of simplicity I was thinking of. *I was trying to think of
> more Asian combinations but I coulnd't come up just two as Asian flavors
> have all dimension of salt, sweet, sour, and pungent - which would be four
> ingredients.
>
> If I were to suggest "sweet Thai chili sauce and rice vinegar", that's
> kinda stretching it as chili sauce is make up of several ingredients
> (chili, garlic, salt, sugar).
>
> -sw


Think of "cocktail" sauce: sweet, lemony tart and horseradish
sharp . . . perfect!
Lynn in Fargo