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soy sauce

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Traditional soy sauce ferments for months, sometimes years, in wooden barrels.

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Traditional soy sauce ferments for months, sometimes years, in wooden barrels.

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big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
wheat10,000 yrs ago
soy saucedate unknown