I finally made GARUM | Ancient Rome's favorite condiment
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it in threads on Roman food and fish sauce as a hands-on demonstration of making garum.
What it is
Max Miller of Tasting History makes garum, the fermented fish sauce of ancient Rome, using a same-day recipe. He covers the history of the condiment along the way.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2020 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends el_benhameen · 2021-05 · on “Stuffed Dormouse and Fish Gut Sauce: The Flavors of Pompeii (2019)”
There’s a fellow on youtube who makes dishes from antiquity, including garum. Worth a watch if you’re into cooking, or history, or both. [this video]
Cites eindiran · 2020-07 · on “Did fish sauce in Vietnam come from ancient Rome via the Silk Road?”
This video covers how you can make garum using a modernized version of a surviving recipe from the Geoponica: [this video]
Cites virtue3 · 2020-07 · on “Did fish sauce in Vietnam come from ancient Rome via the Silk Road?”
I mean... sure, programming is just putting together 0 + 1 and calling it a day too. I think you're severely downplaying how unlikely it is that this was just "done". It smells like death, so it would be unlikely anyone would necessarily want to eat it in the first place: [this video]
Cites MichaelMoser123 · 2021-07 · on “What did the ancient Romans eat?”
Max Miller on youtube says he knows how to make Garum - the fish sauce that is often referenced. [this video] Now sure if that is genuine, i previously read that the recipe for this stuff has been lost (but the Author says his receipe is based on Byzantine sources) More about the author here: [LINK] it says his historical cookbook will be published next year, in 2022.