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can fish sauce go bad

fishlessman
fishlessman Posts: 34,583
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
i see shelf lifes of 5 months to life on the web. tuna steaks tonight, want a dipping sauce. stuff i have is 3 or 4 years old, seems to look alot darker than i remember
fukahwee maine

you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Essex County
    Essex County Posts: 991
    Fish sauce is "bad" when you buy it! But your bottle may be among the baddest. My suggestion: Put what's left of your bottle in a fancy container, list it on eBay as vintage fish sauce. Then go to an Asian grocery store and spend $2 on a new bottle while you wait for the winning bid.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    i dont think it can go bad twice :laugh: i think there is two bottles in the back of the fridge now :laugh: heard tuna prices were down this week, going to go check that out
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Boilermaker Ben
    Boilermaker Ben Posts: 1,956
    lol. You're right that it can't go bad twice...I don't even keep mine in the fridge.
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  • jagweed
    jagweed Posts: 188
    if the shelf life is that long, then it's an issue of freshness rather than safety, right?

    might not be the best, though i think it'll be BETTER

    hahaha
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    not sure i understand the idea of freshness when it comes to rotten fish :) what do you think, maybe just a stronger flavor so maybe water it down just a little
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • jagweed
    jagweed Posts: 188
    dude. you're asking a guy that just ate steak that probably dates to the eisenhower administration?.

    i say thin it only if it got super thick somehow. shouldn't have evaporated though
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    just helping you get your new handle post count up to 14000 so you can retire pixelpaint too :laugh:
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    ive got a recipe for crying tiger steak at home thats marinated in fish sauce, wonder how that rotten steak would fair mixed with rotten fish sauce
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Darnoc
    Darnoc Posts: 2,661
    You would be dark to if you were put into a kitchen cabinet or a fridge for a couple of years.I have used oyster sauce that was older than that.With all of the salt that is used in the product it might last as long as King Tut.
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    fishlessman,

    It lasts forever. It's dried, fermented anchovies in salt.

    Steve

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Judy Mayberry
    Judy Mayberry Posts: 2,015
    Mine has been in a kitchen cabinet for 12 years and it's still A-OK. No tentacles reach out and grab me when I open that cabinet door.

    Judy
    San Diego
    Judy in San Diego
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  • milesofsmiles
    milesofsmiles Posts: 1,377
    Not sure that this in a fair comparison, but I have at least one bottle of B V that is 30 yr. old. Some may be older can't remember s*** = CRS. Just pray and enjoy & smiles to you.
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  • Haggis
    Haggis Posts: 63
    Loved some of the responses you got!

    Do you have any idea how fish sauce was originally made? There's a town on the coast of Vietnam (name escapes me right now but its roughly halfway between Saigon and Nha Trang) that was a major producer back when. The standard method was to pack fish into a ceramic container and bury it for six months or a year or whatever. Then dig it up and drain the juices - that's the first quality sauce. Then press the mash and get the second quality. Then add water and press to get the cheap stuff. Believe it, this stuff does not go bad!
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