Does fish sauce go off?

[Maggot]

I have some fish sauce, Best before March 2015. I can't tell from the smell, as fish sauce smells funny anyway.

 

[Spymaster]

I'd use it.

 

[wtfftw]

Nah. It's basically salt innit?

 

[Maggot]

Nah. It's basically salt innit?

Nah, don't use it or Nah, it doesn't go off?

 

[MrSki]

I would go by the smell test. No reason to ruin good fish with shitty sauce.

 

[Maggot]

I would go by the smell test. No reason to ruin good fish with shitty sauce.

This isn't sauce for fish, it's the stuff you put in Thai curries.

 

[platinumsage]

if you end up in hospital will it have been worth it to have a slightly different flavoured curry?

 

[Schmetterling]

The older it gets the better it is, in my opinion. I recently used up some that was about ten years out of date.

 

[torquemad]

It'll be fine.

 

[MrSki]

This isn't sauce for fish, it's the stuff you put in Thai curries.

If it smells dodgy then bin it or eat it. I not keen on fish sauce so I would bin it but I am sure it is okay to eat. Anything in a jar should be fine.

 

[dessiato]

I've never had an issue with it. I'd risk it.

 

[Spymaster]

If it smells dodgy then bin it or eat it.

It's fish sauce. The whole point of it is that it smells dodgy!

 

[MrSki]

It's fish sauce. The whole point of it is that it smells dodgy!

As I said before I am not a fan so I would bin it. If you like fish sauce then eat it & suffer or not.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

No it doesn't.

 

[Epona]

Also probably in a bottle rather than a jar. wonders what sort of fish sauce MrSki gets

 

[MrSki]

Also probably in a bottle rather than a jar. wonders what sort of fish sauce MrSki gets

I don't get any sort of fish sauce cos I don't like it. Black bean sauce however...

 

[Maggot]

I decided against using it, although I think it probably would have been ok. There wasn't much left in the bottle.

Gonna buy another one and make Thai curries more often.

 

[Epona]

I once had some oyster sauce go off - it was horrific, there was absolutely no doubt as to whether it should be used or not - mould on the top of it and an odour that would knock out an elephant from half a mile away

 

[purves grundy]

Nooo it’s sauce.

(Joke - as above, you should be able to tell. Not that it might not be deadly before exhibiting symptoms.)

 

[FridgeMagnet]

If anything disturbs you then it's best to bin it and get a replacement, simply because otherwise you'll be thinking "oh but what if this is now poisonous" the whole time you cook and eat it, which will spoil your enjoyment.

Fish sauce really doesn't go off though.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I once had some oyster sauce go off - it was horrific, there was absolutely no doubt as to whether it should be used or not - mould on the top of it and an odour that would knock out an elephant from half a mile away

Sounds perfect for revenge against a cunty employer, secreted in inaccesible places.

 

[sheothebudworths]

I would like to request MrSki's opinion on a (well in date) jar of shrimp paste, pls!

 

[MrSki]

I would like to request MrSki's opinion on a (well in date) jar of shrimp paste, pls!

Bin it.

 

[wtfftw]

Nah, don't use it or Nah, it doesn't go off?

Nah it doesn't go off. Too late now. But I also agree with FridgeMagnet on the mind poison aspect.

 

[JimW]

Sure I read some story about archaeologists tasting the amphora of Roman fish sauce they'd found a year or two back! Apparently the Romans had it with everything.

 

[dessiato]

What's the deal with having ingredients for so long that they go years out of date? If you buy it why don't you use it?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

But but but....you're vegetarian

 

[WouldBe]

Sounds perfect for revenge against a cunty employer, secreted in inaccesible places.

Or Lenny's owners.

 

[Maggot]

What's the deal with having ingredients for so long that they go years out of date? If you buy it why don't you use it?

Have you never had anything sitting at the back of your cupboard and forgotten?

I only use fish sauce for making Thai curries, and as you only use a tiny amount in each dish, it takes ages to get through.

 

[dessiato]

Have you never had anything sitting at the back of your cupboard and forgotten?

I only use fish sauce for making Thai curries, and as you only use a tiny amount in each dish, it takes ages to get through.

I don't normally have stuff left in cupboards. I usually use two bottles of fish sauce a year. I use it in some of my Indonesian recipes and for seasoning in other dishes. I don't use much salt per se so use soy or fish for this.