Spoon
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i know that horrible feeling.
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baltimoron:And my experience with Southeast Asia is that all the countries are trying to say that they invented said object, and all the others copied off of them. When it comes to SE Asian history, I never know who to believe.
baltimoron:hmm... That's very wierd. Maybe it was something that shouldn't regularly do that, but it just went bad or something. I also have never heard of a sauce that didn't burn the tounge, but the whole way down. Maybe you should go back to the restaurant and ask the lady what it is.
Web Monkey:Well, I went back yesterday and asked what it was.
The Evil Stuff is called "Sambal Oleck"
It's apparently just a big jar of ground up hot peppers. Everybody at the booth thought it was funny when I told them about my weekend. The owner said "yes, very hot!"
It would have been nice to get that advice ahead of time
Terry