I finally made GARUM | Ancient Rome's favorite condiment
Tasting History with Max Miller1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2020–2021
tutorial · general · evergreen · 2020–2021 on HN
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.
HN cites it in threads on Roman food and fish sauce as a hands-on demonstration of making garum.
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4 comments from Hacker News
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
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.
This video covers how you can make garum using a modernized version of a surviving recipe from the Geoponica: ▶ this video
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