a-cook-by-luck..by one minute...

i had such a craving for fishballs.. I've been waiting in our block for vendors who could satisfy my hankering, so much as they can profit from the hunger I had.. as much as I'd hope.. no fishballs. no nothing.. so I let it pass.. one time I dropped by the grocery store and saw in their huge rectangular fridge a number of uncooked packs of fishballs.. i never wanna stage a cooking stunt in our kitchen..but what the hell.. 47 pesos.. not bad right? so i bought just a pack to feed me for a week maybe..or If im really hungry..a day.. i searched the net..thank God for google and a few forums as they got almost everything that i need to know during this pressing need of mine.. I typed.. fishball sauce.. and there I got unanimous answers to perfect a sauce for my fishball..pretty much like how Manong Fishball could have made them.. The list includes.. sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and flour.. and you could add spices of your own.. oh and sprite too.. so I mixed them up.. and first sauce came out with too much vinegar that it smells like puke.. so out to trash it went... 2nd batch. came out quite too sweet which my sister loved.. but I persoanlly didn't so I let her have at it.. 3rd was rather too salty.. hmmm.. I fed it to the dogs.. and the 4th batch as I was getting frustrated.. I added a few more spices like garlic.. onion.. some seasoning.. I served it hot.. I then fried the fishballs.. and it was phenomenal.. PERFECT! and when i say perfect.. I mean it was like how Manong Fishball could've made it.. my brother and little sister could testify.. it was delicious.. i nailed it this time.. we finished it in less than half an hour.. i craved no more...
the next day.. we still have half a pack of fishballs lying around.. so I fried them.. then I had to cook my phenomenal sauce again.. and as luck would have it.. i've been to my 4th batch yet again. and i couldn't get the same exact taste.. it just went either too bland or too tasty.. and i tried mixing both and it's a taste of disaster.. I guess i just got lucky... by one minute.. one time...