Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-vax!slk From: slk@mit-vax.UUCP (Ling Ku) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: What is hoisin sauce? Message-ID: <532@mit-vax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 15:24:10 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-vax.532 Posted: Sun Aug 4 15:24:10 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:09:53 EDT References: <938@sdcsla.UUCP> <537@aicchi.UUCP> Reply-To: slk@mit-vax.UUCP (Siu-Ling Ku) Distribution: net Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 11 Summary: Hoi in Chinese means sea; sin means tasty, frequently associated with the taste of seafood; hoi-sin together could also mean seafood. So hoi-sin sauce literally means sauce that is made out of seafood. I don't know whether the name still has any connection with its ingredient. -- Siu-Ling Ku {decvax, harvard}!mitvax!slk slk%vax@mit-mc.ARPA