In the description of the Roman fish sauce, Venator mentioned fish
entrails as the soure of the heavily salted fish sauce. Entrails are
normally discarded, unless a god use can be found for them, and
logically this was a good use.
Since the SE Asians have always depended in a great part on the sea for
their sustenance, I can certainly understand why they would wish to
flavor foods like rice and greens with a fish sauce which was also
spicy. A diet primarily of grains, is a monotonous one unless some form
of condiment is used.
We don't get involved in using fish entrails today because of the
messiness and smell accompanying the preparation, but a fish sauce, that
is highly spiced is also used in the Caribbean and does a lot for
grains, and garbanzo beans, etc. that do not have much flavor in and of
themselves.
Marcus Minucius Audens
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