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'''Ah-So''' is a line of Chinese and East Asian American sauces and marinades from Allied Old English, Inc., [[Port Reading, New Jersey]]. This garlicky, sweet, sticky, brightly red marinade is popular in the Northeast United States. A plastic squeeze bottle version exists. This sauce falls into the [[American Chinese cuisine]] genre of Chinese cooking and aims to replicate the sweet, smoky flavor of boneless spareribs found on the menus of most Chinese [[take-out]] restaurants. The sauce contains [[corn syrup]], fermented soy beans and garlic.<ref>{{cite news |first= Amanda|last= Hesser |title=Chinese Barbecued Spareribs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magazine/24food.html|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 24, 2006 |accessdate=2009-08-25 }}</ref>

The expression "ah so" comes from the Japanese ''ă sō desu ka?'' ("oh, is that so?"), which is sometimes shortened to "ah so". Although sometimes used as mock-Chinese, the phrase is Japanese in origin.<ref>{{cite web |title=ah so |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ah_so |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055538/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ah_so |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of brand name condiments]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060521081712/http://www.alliedoldenglish.com/AhSo.htm Allied Old English]
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