• hdsrob@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Fish Sauce.

    Love the flavor that it brings to dishes, even to uncooked sauces, but holy crap the smell.

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      17 days ago

      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.