Sometimes, however, I just didnt have an appetite for all the Vietnamese food the adults enjoyed.
I especially didnt like to eat white rice, which was a constant at every dinner.
Looking back now, it’s the one thing I miss mosther rice was the best.
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I would stir the melted butter into the rice and eat down the bowl to the last buttery grain.
When you slowly savor rice, the grains reveal a subtle sweetness that the butter enhances.
With the addition of some butter, steamed white rice becomes a star.
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Ma Mas Fish Sauce Butter
Brown the butter, then mix in the rest of the ingredients.
Serve immediately over rice, mashed potatoes, or baked potatoes (and even toast!).
Store leftover fish sauce butter in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Who knew that each grain of rice on your plate comes from a farmers toil?
