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Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. [1] [2]: 234 It is used as a staple seasoning in East Asian cuisine and Southeast Asian cuisine, particularly Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The name XO sauce comes from fine XO (extra-old) cognac, which is a popular Western liquor in Hong Kong, and considered by many at the time to be a chic product.The name is a misnomer since the condiment contains no cognac, and it is not really a sauce in the traditional, smooth sense, but more chunky, like a relish. [4]
Mahyawa – a tangy fish sauce made from salted anchovies and ingredients such as fennel seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds and mustard seeds.Originally from the southern coastal regions of Iran, it has become a popular food item among Arab states of the Persian Gulf, brought by the migration of the Persian Huwala and Ajam communities to the region.
Marie Rose sauce (known in some areas as cocktail sauce or seafood sauce) is a British condiment often made from a blend of tomatoes, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and black pepper. A simpler version can be made by merely mixing tomato ketchup with mayonnaise. The sauce was popularised in the 1960s by Fanny Cradock, a British ...
[4] [5] The taste of garum is thought to be comparable to that of today's Asian fish sauces. [6] Like modern fermented fish sauce and soy sauce, garum was a rich source of umami flavoring due to the presence of glutamates. [7] It was used along with murri in medieval Byzantine and Arab cuisine to give a savory flavor to dishes. [8] Murri may ...
What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. THAI (18A: Kai jeow cuisine) Kai jeow is a THAI omelet. There are many variations of the dish, most of which start with beating eggs with fish sauce.
During the Middle Ages, gravlax was made by fishermen, who salted the salmon and lightly fermented it by burying it in the sand above the high-tide line. Perhaps the oldest reference is found in 1348 in Diplomatarium Norvegicum [4] as the nickname of a man named Óláfr, who was a delegate in a salmon fishery.
[3] [7] Phu Quoc fish sauce is generally lighter and sweeter than other fish sauces. [ 8 ] The highest quality sauces have a high nitrogen grade (°N), which represents grams of nitrogen per liter, or the ratio of protein to liquid in the sauce; 30°N is a high-quality grade and 40°N is a premium grade.