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Default Oyster sauce substitute?


"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> bolivar wrote:
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>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
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>> > notbob wrote:
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>> >> I really want to try some Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce. I was surprised
>> >> to learn, from a recent tv program, that LKK, now a huge Asian food
>> >> condiment producer, began as the originator of oyster sauce. In fact,
>> >> they still make it the same old way, using oysters they still farm and
>> >> process themselves. I've taken a renewed interest in LKK and their
>> >> products and have been buying them whenever I run across them.
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>> >> nb
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>> > That's the only brand we ever use, other than its sister brand 'Panda'.
>> > My current bottle of Panda brand says 'made in the US'.

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>> LKK is good stuff. But be aware that of the 4 or 5 different
>> incarnations
>> of LKK oyster sauce, only the Premium (full color picture of couple in a
>> boat on label) lists "oyster extract" as the *first* ingredient. That's
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>> one you want. Panda and the others I've seen in varioust Asian stores
>> don't list it first.
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>> Boli

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> TY but I know that LOL. The Panda brand is for when the income is lower
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Rats!! Sorry, Arri, that was meant for nb, and I see now that I didn't
"address" him. lol
I figured you knew that.

Boli