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Cooking & Baking

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4. Dried shrimp smells pretty rancid....

Reply to tavernier (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:12 PM

Nov 2023

But it's like fish sauce-- it adds "umami" once it's cooked in.
I've made pho just once (too complicated for my minor-league skills), and in the end, it smelled great, very savory but with a kind of all-spice addition from the star anise.

It's probably just the point in the process where the dried shrimp haven't mingled yet.

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Can anyone one tell me if pho is supposed to smell bad while cooking? [View all] tavernier Nov 2023 OP

I'm NOT an expert at all, elleng Nov 2023 #1

No, everything was from a primo grocery. tavernier Nov 2023 #3

Dried shrimp smells pretty rancid.... viva la Nov 2023 #4

AHA, sounds likely! elleng Nov 2023 #6

Oh yes, fish sauce in there too. tavernier Nov 2023 #7

Were chicken giblets among the ingredients? EYESORE 9001 Nov 2023 #2

No, I discreetly asked him if chicken was part of the recipe tavernier Nov 2023 #5

I read your post that mentioned dried shrimp EYESORE 9001 Nov 2023 #8

He explained that beef pho was called tavernier Nov 2023 #9

Depending on the marrow bones, you can smell the stockyards Warpy Nov 2023 #10

I have had Pho, in some of the many restaurants on Grand St. in STLMO, and they didn't SWBTATTReg Nov 2023 #11

My daughter is a chef and they both shopped tavernier Nov 2023 #12

Please update us with how it tasted. sinkingfeeling Nov 2023 #13

Yes, pls. tell us how it tasted, it sounds like it's going to be a masterpiece! SWBTATTReg Nov 2023 #14

Did he include Beef Tripe? parkia00 Nov 2023 #15

I don't recall hearing about that. tavernier Nov 2023 #16