▲ 66 ▼ What food do you enjoy eating but hate the smell of? (lemmy.world) submitted 10 months ago by Okokimup@lemmy.world to c/cooking@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hdsrob@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (3 children) Fish Sauce. Love the flavor that it brings to dishes, even to uncooked sauces, but holy crap the smell. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] tal@olio.cafe 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yeah, came here to say this. East Asia has a whole collection of sauces based on fermented fish that taste amazing and have no offensive smell when cooked, but dear God, the smell of the stuff before it's cooked is horrifying. EDIT: I guess I should clarify, for anyone who hasn't had it. It's not so much that fish sauce itself tastes delicious alone, but it has a ton of umami flavor. Same sort of stuff you get from, say, powdered boletes mushrooms or MSG. It makes savory dishes just taste way better when you add it to them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I'm guessing oyster sauce is another? I suspect it's one of those magic ingredients that makes restaurant Pad Thai so good, but I've been hesitant to buy a bottle of my own. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@olio.cafe 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Could be, but I haven't tried that one myself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 6 points 10 months ago We call it feet sauce in my house permalink fedilink source parent [–] OneOverZero@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago The first person to think "hmm couple drops of this fish sauce in what I'm cookin might be good" had to be a little crazy. They were 100% right though lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@olio.cafe 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yeah, came here to say this. East Asia has a whole collection of sauces based on fermented fish that taste amazing and have no offensive smell when cooked, but dear God, the smell of the stuff before it's cooked is horrifying. EDIT: I guess I should clarify, for anyone who hasn't had it. It's not so much that fish sauce itself tastes delicious alone, but it has a ton of umami flavor. Same sort of stuff you get from, say, powdered boletes mushrooms or MSG. It makes savory dishes just taste way better when you add it to them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I'm guessing oyster sauce is another? I suspect it's one of those magic ingredients that makes restaurant Pad Thai so good, but I've been hesitant to buy a bottle of my own. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@olio.cafe 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Could be, but I haven't tried that one myself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I'm guessing oyster sauce is another? I suspect it's one of those magic ingredients that makes restaurant Pad Thai so good, but I've been hesitant to buy a bottle of my own. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@olio.cafe 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Could be, but I haven't tried that one myself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@olio.cafe 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Could be, but I haven't tried that one myself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 6 points 10 months ago We call it feet sauce in my house permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OneOverZero@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago The first person to think "hmm couple drops of this fish sauce in what I'm cookin might be good" had to be a little crazy. They were 100% right though lol. permalink fedilink source parent