PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Rough Roman Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoGarum - it's what Romans crave!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10cross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.world
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minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoHot 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.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoI think Worcestershire sauce is the closest modern Western equivalent.
minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI 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.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days ago Edit: Colatura di alici was invented by medieval monks who found an ancient garum recipe and tried it. Common Romaboo W?
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.
I think Worcestershire sauce is the closest modern Western equivalent.
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.
Common Romaboo W?