Comments on: Shrimp Paste http://www.matthewbietz.org/2008/01/06/shrimp-paste/ Assistant Project Scientist and Affiliate Assistant Professor Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ImportFood http://www.matthewbietz.org/2008/01/06/shrimp-paste/comment-page-1/#comment-132 ImportFood Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.matthewbietz.org/2008/01/06/shrimp-paste/#comment-132 Shrimp paste comes in block form and it's a dark (almost black) color, and very "stinky". To make shrimp paste now, only tiny plankton shrimp are used, and the process starts when the shrimp are freshly caught. The shrimp are mixed with salt, put in a tank and left to sit for 2 days. Then the mixture is put under sunlight for a day or two, pounded up and pulverized, and put back in a tank to ferment for 6 months. Here is a link to shrimp paste info & photos as well. <a href="http://importfood.com/how_shrimp_paste_is_made.html" rel="nofollow">How Shrimp Paste is Made</a> Shrimp paste comes in block form and it’s a dark (almost black) color, and very “stinky”.

To make shrimp paste now, only tiny plankton shrimp are used, and the process starts when the shrimp are freshly caught. The shrimp are mixed with salt, put in a tank and left to sit for 2 days. Then the mixture is put under sunlight for a day or two, pounded up and pulverized, and put back in a tank to ferment for 6 months. Here is a link to shrimp paste info & photos as well.

How Shrimp Paste is Made

]]> By: mbietz http://www.matthewbietz.org/2008/01/06/shrimp-paste/comment-page-1/#comment-131 mbietz Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:23:03 +0000 http://www.matthewbietz.org/2008/01/06/shrimp-paste/#comment-131 From what I can tell (from Wikipedia and other sites), the dried block and the "shrimp sauce" on the right are pretty much the same stuff, with the difference that the block is sun-dried before packaging. Results in a slightly different flavor, but in the same ballpark. We couldn't find any of the blocks at the two stores we tried. From what I can tell (from Wikipedia and other sites), the dried block and the “shrimp sauce” on the right are pretty much the same stuff, with the difference that the block is sun-dried before packaging. Results in a slightly different flavor, but in the same ballpark. We couldn’t find any of the blocks at the two stores we tried.

]]> By: jude http://www.matthewbietz.org/2008/01/06/shrimp-paste/comment-page-1/#comment-130 jude Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:48:54 +0000 http://www.matthewbietz.org/2008/01/06/shrimp-paste/#comment-130 hey Matt, the shrimp paste, or belachan, that you are looking for looks like this: http://www.asiacurry.com/upload/data/item_55649403DSC01728.JPG It tends to come in a dry hard block that brown in color (once you remove the packaging). When dried and cut up, it looks like the brown blocks on the picture in this wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_paste hey Matt, the shrimp paste, or belachan, that you are looking for looks like this:
http://www.asiacurry.com/upload/data/item_55649403DSC01728.JPG

It tends to come in a dry hard block that brown in color (once you remove the packaging). When dried and cut up, it looks like the brown blocks on the picture in this wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_paste

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