SC - fish (OP)

[Elaine Koogler]

I don't have any period Japanese recipes (yet!! she said hopefully), but do have
a small amount of information on what types of food were eaten in Japan.  While
I cannot document what you describe, I do know that whole fish were grilled (not
fried...frying came to Japan fairly late...one of the earliest examples being
the Portuguese tempura) and served on rice.  I have no information on Vietnamese
or southeast Asian period foods.

Kiri

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa commented:
> > I have. But it was fish, and it was in the US. Little crisp salted whole
> > fish, fried. The concept sounded good, but they didn't get eaten, even by
> > me, and I TRY everything.
>
> I had something like this at lunch today that I wanted to mention
> here. This was at a small Asian resturant that has become a favorite
> for my lady wife and I. I get to try lots of new things and she can
> have her beef and green peppers or Mongolian beef. :-) They have a
> wide variety of Pho Boc and other 'meal' soups and I've gradually been
> trying other things also.
>
> Anyway, today I decided to try their "fish cooked in a clay pot". When
> I ordered it the waiter asked if I liked fish sauce. I said I hadn't
> ever had it before and he insisted that he bring some out for me to
> try. He did, and I found it to be oily, quite fishy and quite salty.
> I had heard about this product from this list. I said to go with it.
>
> The food came out in a very hot, small clay pot with chunks of lightly
> fried fish in a sauce of fish sauce and a few other seasonings and such.
> There were three mounds of rice to eat it on. It was wonderful! The fish
> was very tender.
>
> Hmm. I wonder if there is anything like this in period cuisine?
>
> Thanks, folks. Before hearing the descriptions and comments on 'fish
> sauce' here, I doubt I would have considered this dish. I also have a
> bottle or two of fish sauce here at home that I bought when exploring
> some of the Asian groceries here in town. Again, because of comments on
> this list. But I hadn't opened the bottles yet. I did open one of them
> tonight when I added some to the leftover rice and sauce I brought
> home from the restuarant.
>
> They also have a whole, fried fish that got great reviews in the
> newspaper review I saw of the place. But that is more expensive and
> wasn't on the lunch menu, so I've been saving that for a special
> time.
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