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A by-product of bagoong is patis, which is the exuded liquor from the fermentation process and is similar to the Vietnamese nuoc-mam.
Chapter 5 1982
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And it was really interesting because I asked him if there a peace settlement between the patis -- because they are constantly saying that this is the -- the source of all trouble ...
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The Filipino cook nodded yes and I ordered some sinigang, along with my dipping sauce of patis and calamansi.
sinigang Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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Normal food for us would be 10 pesos worth of fishballs with extra sauce or 1 order of Karekare from the carinderia diluted with a lot of water and patis (this for a family of 6).
posts of note Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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This group consists of bagoong (fish paste) and patis (fish sauce).
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Similar methods are used to produce nam-pla in Thailand and patis in the Philippines.
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"Across this court-yard, or patis as they call it, Dan, and then we're in the street."
Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds Walter Fenton Mott
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Several people, evidently servants belonging to the house rushed into the patis, but none of them attempted to interfere with the two
Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds Walter Fenton Mott
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Alarmed at this he summoned all the other Praja-patis, and they sought by divination to discover the cause of the failure.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The king himself seems to have been elected; and his title of Vis-pat, literally "Lord of the Settlers," survives in the old Persian Vis-paiti, and as the Lithuanian Wiez-patis in east-central Europe at this day.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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