Honestly, all of the packets we get from delivery go straight into the trash, since we have bottles of actual soy sauce (not salt-sugar solutions with caramel coloring) in our pantry.
Personal trivia fact: When I was growing up, my family referred to soy sauce as "bug juice," and my childhood brain made the leap to determine that soy sauce must come from sow bugs. I've gotten over it, remarkably enough.
The Mysterious, Murky Story Behind Soy-Sauce Packets
How Chinese takeout, a Jewish businessman from the Bronx, and NASA-approved packaging have shaped the 50-year reign of a well-loved American condiment
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Good to know that the elders of my moms family weren't they only ones to refer to Soy Sauce as bug juice.
First I’ve heard it referred to as bug juice. When I grew up, bug juice meant Kool-Aid (possibly the red color?). But, the soy sauce in those packets is icky….and just might be bug juice.
I switched to American Made soy sauce when I discovered that some Chinese production included hair as part of the brew. I guess that is cheaper than caramel color.
@Margie the Wife
Hair?! Oy. Perhaps I should be thankful I’m now on a sodium restricted diet. Can’t have soy sauce at all. Hair!?