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Garum - it's what Romans crave! (infosec.pub)
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[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hot take: ketchup is garum.

Apparently some of Europe forgot about garum so hard that they rediscovered fish sauce when colonizing the far east. They tried to make it at home, then switched the base from fish to mushrooms and eventually to tomatoes.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think Worcestershire sauce is the closest modern Western equivalent.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think there is an Italian fish sauce, but I don’t know if it is a direct descendant of garum or not.

Edit: Colatura di alici was invented by medieval monks who found an ancient garum recipe and tried it.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Edit: Colatura di alici was invented by medieval monks who found an ancient garum recipe and tried it.

Common Romaboo W?