Monday, December 5, 2011

Fish Maw - Sand or Salt?

At first I was shocked when I saw these pebbles like stuff in the fish maw that I bought from a vendor in Chai Leng Park, Butterworth. The first thought that came to my mind was the supplier might have put in pebbles into it to increase the weight because the fish maw alone is very light.
But when I investigate further, the pebbles like stuff is actually sea salt. Did they put it in to preserve the fish maw? This is the first time that I encounter this after buying fish maw for many years!
Have you come across this before?
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16 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 5, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Oh really? I think it is sand.

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  2. WendyinKK December 6, 2011 at 12:21 AM

    Put salt u won't complain or have solid evidence they con u ma, put sand sure solid liao lor. Then you can throw the sand back into their faces. But salt, u just have to dissolve it, LOL. Pandai la they all.

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  3. Small KucingDecember 6, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    how to cook this ah? i have some in the fridge...ahemmmm...i think...dont know for how long liao

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  4. [SK]December 6, 2011 at 1:08 AM

    what i usually see are those cooked that i eat straight away, haha~~ :D

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  5. ChristineDecember 6, 2011 at 2:02 AM

    love fish maw! Never noticed any salt/sand but don't buy it very often.

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  6. yvonneDecember 6, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Never bought fish maw before.... no experience in selecting / inspecting / buying, hence no comment here.

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  7. Somewhere in SingaporeDecember 6, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    I loves fish maw, but never buy to cook myself before...

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  8. MerrynDecember 6, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    I don't buy fish maw so I dunno bout this..

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  9. YannieDecember 6, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    I don't buy fish maw, because it is not my favourite.

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  10. HayleyDecember 6, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Never bought fish maw before...

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  11. ReanaclaireDecember 6, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    so far, didnt experience that.. i bought once before but not from Butterworth..

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  12. இ Baŋäŋaz இDecember 6, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    What's fish maw? Tak maw lah...haha. Never buy before but makan got lah, mostly at home when my parents are around. Now hardly eat them when you cook fish maw please give me a tinkle muahahaha.

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  13. Willie a.k.a ReptozDecember 6, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    now i know...

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  14. suituapuiDecember 6, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Fish maw good for health...and sea salt too - so you're getting two for the price of one. LOL!!!

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  15. AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    i don`t know..first time see this..

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  16. lenaDecember 6, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    no, never heard nor seen sands or salts in fish maw!

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