I'm Mummy and I'm Molly and this is spelled out the show where we cook something delicious

eat it all and you can't have any today we are talking about oyster sauce yes nothing

says mid-march like oyster sauce that's true tis tis the season of the shellfish yeah

okay well well I mean you're supposed to eat oyster sauce in months with an R in them

right yeah that's how it goes nailed it okay today's episode was suggested by listener and guest

Kenji Kenji's last name will be revealed shortly when he joins oh wow what a great tease

I know I know I'll give you guys a hint you know this guy and you're going to be very excited

to hear from this okay I haven't figured it out yet so so I'm looking forward to being surprised

so Matthew let's let's hit memory lane first for me this memory lane is very short

I don't have much of a memory lane of consciously eating things cooked with oyster sauce

or cooking with oyster sauce or using oyster sauce myself however I think I've probably eaten a

lot of oyster sauce in my life and not known it sure yeah is it is it a condiment that you that

you've kept like on hand for cooking or no no all right my but I I don't know how I've avoided

keeping it on hand because I mean I didn't mean that to sound judgmental it shows up in so many

important ways in many dishes yeah like sometimes as an ingredient and sometimes just as a companion

yes to like keep on the counter to make you make you feel warm and fuzzy what about you what's

on your oyster sauce memory lane okay I've been cooking with this for as long as I can remember

but have never really given it a lot of thought as kind of a standalone player except in the context

of Guy Lawn like Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce at dim sum that's that's like the main

place where where like the oyster sauce sort of not stands on its own because it's a condiment

for the broccoli but where that's like the primary flavor in my experience did your family go out

for dim sum when you were a kid yeah absolutely at turn around where Fong Chong noodle house in

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