"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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> "Hal Laurent" > wrote in
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> > "Julian Vrieslander" > wrote in
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> >> I've never actually tried to make Chinese black bean sauce - just
looked
> >> at recipes. Some of these called for fermented beans, but (if I recall
> >> correctly) some just called for dried or canned black beans.
> >
> > Fermented black beans and salted black beans are the same
> > thing. Sometimes you'll see them labeled one way, sometimes
> > the other. Around here (Baltimore) they seem to be most
> > often labeled salted black beans.
> >
> > Hal Laurent
> > Baltimore
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> With all these differing names...We are talking about Black fermented Soy
> Beans aren't we?


Yes; "chi3" in Chinese.

Peter