These are often mistaken for bait. No. No. No. . When you go fob-level 75, you nose dive into fish sauce, fermented shrimp paste and steamed rice. . When you go fob level 75, you go five or six chili peppers deep into a mortar filled with fermented whole fish, fish innards, MSG, shredded green papaya, and cucumbers. . If I went full-on fob, there’d be salted duck eggs, raw soft-shell crabs, dehydrated baby shrimps, and maybe - a jar of farts. . Yes. You can use these suckers as bait - or you can deep fry them in peanut oil, sprinkle them in finely diced garlic, chopped green onions, chili peppers, sea salt and cracked pepper - before returning to the fob-fields and fish-ponds of everyday life... . #batteredsmelts #smelts #fob #fobfood #embracethefob #thefobwithin #fobsRus #bagoong #islandforever #knowthyself #fobulous #fatmyselfhappy #islandheart #thirdworldsoul #firstworldmind