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[East Coast Hustle]

actually, a better translation would be "light" or "dark" soy sauce.

Kikkoman, LaChoy, San-J, et al would be considered dark soy sauces.

the lighter version is more typically used in Malay/Indonesian/southern Thai cuisine and should be available at any asian store that tends more towards that and less towards japanese/chinese/korean.

also, San-J is almost always available at Hannaford, not so much at Shaw's.


waittaminute....


Hannaford and Shaws? are you in American Siberia also?

[trippinprincezz13]

actually, a better translation would be "light" or "dark" soy sauce.

Kikkoman, LaChoy, San-J, et al would be considered dark soy sauces.

the lighter version is more typically used in Malay/Indonesian/southern Thai cuisine and should be available at any asian store that tends more towards that and less towards japanese/chinese/korean.

Thanks alot for this. When I tried looking up more info on it previously, really wasn't able to get much of any information on the differences for some reason. Unless I can find I can find that sort of asian market hiding somewhere I might have to try to find some online since I'm not all that inclined to drive into Boston or god knows where just to find soy sauce.

also, San-J is almost always available at Hannaford, not so much at Shaw's.

Cool. There's a Hannaford's relatively close by so I'll have to make a run up there. I've only been in there like twice, and it may sound pretty lame, but that store amazes me because they have so many more specialty type fun looking food things that I could never find at Market Basket.

waittaminute....


Hannaford and Shaws? are you in American Siberia also?

Heh, right on the border of MA and NH.

[East Coast Hustle]

Hannaford around here is hit or miss depending on which town it's in, but the Hannafords that are in the wealthier coastal towns tend to have a very good selection of organic, ethnic, free range, gluten free, etc.

generally better or at least comparable to any of the local co-ops and almost always ALOT cheaper.

[trippinprincezz13]

Hannaford's had everything I needed/wanted, save the "light" soy sauce. BTW one of the bottles of soy sauce my mom had given me was actually the San-J. Forget what the other one was, but it wasn't too bad either.

So last week we used up belly meat with our first try at sushi rolls. Was very pleased the rice I cooked came out perfectly (eh, first try a little burnt on bottom despite following directions, peeled that off and used rest. Second batch was perfect with shorter cooking time).  Rice on outside some, inside others. Carrot and cucumber as filler. Some with mixture of wasabi & chili sauce. Considering first time every trying to make it, they came out excellent. Dave, who doesn't like sushi, even liked it a lot. Brought a few into work with him to hand out. Everyone liked it, no-one died or got sick*, so I will consider it a success.

The steaks I tried with lime juice and a little bit of seasoning. Seared briefly on each side then served with rice on the side. Honestly, think I might have preferred medium-rare as opposed to ultra rare, but was still very good. Could also have to do with the fact that I had just wolfed down a shitload of sushi too and my stomach can only handle so much raw fish at one time, no matter how fresh and delicious it is.

Overall a success. Will have to send that guy a thank you card since we never would have tried it otherwise.

*Not an indication of our cooking, just my trust of raw fish

[trippinprincezz13]

generally better or at least comparable to any of the local co-ops and almost always ALOT cheaper.

Hmm, really? I really like the selection of foods they have there but always thought it was more expensive than where I usually shop. (Is it typically more expensive than Shaw's, because I know Shaw's is more expensive than Market Basket?) I'll have to go back and look around to compare prices. The things I got last week probably weren't too bad and I picked up a bottle of wine that is usually $1 than where I usually go.  If anything, I'd go there for specialty/higher quality foods when I need them.

[East Coast Hustle]

Shaw's is not a local co-op.

[trippinprincezz13]

Shaw's is not a local co-op.

Yea, sorry, my brain just skipped right over that. In that case, I agree.