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Default Getting back to what I asked originally

On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:52:35 -0600, US Janet wrote:

> The attached recipe from dsi
>
> https://meatwave.com/recipes/grilled...t-heo-nuong-xa
>
> calls for"Vietnamese fish sauce". I asked if there was much
> difference between Vietnamese fish sauce and a different one.
> I was contemplating making the recipe but only had one fish sauce
> commonly available in my area. With much effort I could probably find
> Vietnamese fish sauce.
>
> In the context of fish sauce above, I believe it is the bottled stuff
> that is added to other typical ingredients to make a sauce used by the
> Vietnamese for fish.


Fish sauce (nuoc mam) is all Vietnamese fish sauce. It's not USED
for fish, it's MADE OUT OF fish. You didn't say what brand/product
you have.

-sw