Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Balut is one of the grossest things I ever saw Andrew Zimmer eat on one of his shows.
Well, Stock Pot, I think what we all are talking about here has nothing to do with our health concerns, rather our personal taste preferences.
For our home, we simply do not care for overly salted foods. For that reason, we have stopped eating at several "chain" restaurants, WAY too salty, all of their food on the menu.
In addition, there are many "prepared" food items that we steer clear of, because of the taste of excessive salt.
We, my husband and I, just do not care for overly salted foods.
I use shrimp paste all the time when I make Thai curry. I agree it doesn't have the most pleasant smell, but it adds wonderful flavor. It's not all that different from anchovy paste, in my opinion. That's one of my secret salad dressing ingredients.Harm Ha (or Haam Ha in Cantonese) is THE MOST DISGUSTING thing that you will ever smell on this EARTH!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_paste
Balut is one of the grossest things I ever saw Andrew Zimmer eat on one of his shows.
To me, Andrew Zimmern is just plain disgusting, with or without Balut. Everything about him makes my skin crawl. Ick.
I use shrimp paste all the time when I make Thai curry. I agree it doesn't have the most pleasant smell, but it adds wonderful flavor. It's not all that different from anchovy paste, in my opinion. That's one of my secret salad dressing ingredients.
AHA!!! Thank you!! I was wondering what else I could use my shrimp paste in. Salad dressing would be perfect! Use in place of anchovys'!