Taken from a letter sent to Holly June 16

So this last week we talked about food in Thailand. Sister Noppamas told us about this black sauce they use on everything in northern Thailand. It's called fish sauce. What it is is that they take a fish and bury it underground for a long time so that it rots. Then they dig it up and get the yummy rotten fish sauce! Apparently it smells like the high heavens but tastes amazing. We asked how that doesn't kill you and she just said, "It's good! It's so yummy!" Okay, we'll see how that goes over in Thailand!