Trassi Udang [Re: Fish Sauce/Garum]

From: Henk Langeveld - Sun Nederland <Henk.Langeveld_at_Holland.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 10:09:51 +0100

> >Sticklepick/blackburn is based upon the roman dish of liquified
> >and fermented fish variously known as garum, oxygarum,
> >liquamen, muria etc.
>

Find an Indonesian (Malaysian or Thai might do as well) kitchen and look for 'Trassi Udang'. It's a dried paste of fermented shrimp, sold in chunks. It gives off a very strong odour, but makes for a valuable ingredient in many Indonesian dishes.

I'll bring some next time I can attend a con...

Henk
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