bbq sauce, dippin sauce and additive to soup,stew and ice cream, used to soak dried fish in and light the night but that is the first I heard of anything being fried in it.
As an aside I like it but I also like Nuoc Mam sauce. Most whites dont like the flavor. Brought some along on a road trip to dip my steaks into it and a buddy asked to try it after I extolled its flavor and helthy properties. After trying it he politely replied he would rather eat dogshit so I guess it is an aquired taste much like scottish whisky.
thanx,
bill