Day 76

Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present our new ingredient:

Fish Sauce: A New Level of Bad

Yes. Fish sauce. Salt mixed with the liquid from fish guts. And it smells as good as it sounds. At least we buy quality: Nuoc Mam is THE brand to buy when you're looking to add that indescribable taste to your food. For now, it's going into the refrigerated container on the left, since the crap in the jar isn't over-the-top gross yet.

I feel the need to add one more thing here: The fish sauce actually smells worse than the mix. Taking a whiff of the mix gives you this curious sensation that something might go horribly wrong soon, but I wouldn't describe it as repulsive yet. On the other hand, opening that 5-year-old bottle of Nuoc Mam is horrifying. I'm totally being honest when I say it smells more like infected bunghole than anything that came out of the sea and died. One-half cup of that really brought out the character of the condiment/olive combo. Unreal.