<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5225f527-3ab8-4cde-a8fa-2bd46d8713e0/E53A7C57-3E28-4D56-891B-36AF12BC6D6C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html" href="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html" style="font-size: 11px;">vietworldkitchen.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html">What do you need to get going? Very little as it turns out.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html">To make delicious Vietnamese food, you should first understand and acquire these fundamental components: </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><O:P><P><A href="#fishsauce">Fish Sauce</A> (nuoc mam)</P></O:P></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><O:P><P><A href="#rice">Rice</A> (gao)</P></O:P></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><O:P><P><A href="#steamer">Chinese Steamer and Sharp Knives</A></P></O:P></LI> </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><P class="recipetitle"><FONT size="2"><O:P></O:P>For further investments in your kitchen, consider a <A href="#further">mortar and pestle, mandolin and rice cooker</A>.<O:P></O:P></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><FONT color="#cc0000"><A href="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341ef22f53ef0105362f4758970b-pi"><IMG src="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341ef22f53ef0105362f4758970b-320pi" alt="Fish sauce bottles" class="at-xid-6a00d8341ef22f53ef0105362f4758970b" title="Fish sauce bottles" /></A> Fish Sauce: A cornerstone of Vietnamese cooking </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><FONT color="#cc0000">Rice: Selecting and buying</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html">As for rice, there are many varieties to choose from.<SPAN>  </SPAN>For daily meals, long-grain jasmine rice from <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>Thailand is among the best for its aroma, flavor, and slightly chewy texture.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Within my own family, we argue about which brand is best.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html">If you find yourself standing clueless in front of a wall of rice bags, ask another shopper or someone who works at the market for their opinion.<SPAN></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/img/41E9E58A-F6D8-495D-BEAF-544762321C46" alt="Riceweave" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><FONT color="#cc0000">Equipment: Chinese steamer and sharp knives</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><FONT color="#d23e5b">Going a Step Further: Mortar and pestle, mandolin, and electric rice cooker</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/the-basic-vietnamese-kitchen.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/img/69514ADC-36D4-4520-B73F-326DCF47E724" alt="Mortarpestle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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