It is made by melting a cup of sugar in fish sauce. I warned the children that the cooking would smell like dead fish.
The children confirm my worst fears as I started cooking. Bryan put on a winter hat that completely blocked his face. I said, "Bryan why are you wearing your hat like that?"
He said, "To cover up the smell."
Finding that it didn't sufficiently subdue the smell, he next tied a thick shoestring propped above each ear and blocking his nostrils.
For the next 30 minutes, the children ran around the house exclaiming various sighs of "Eww!"
Finally I told Bryan, "Maybe I should cook this while you're at school.
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