garum

[coyotegoth]

This is interesting; archaeologists have used to residue of a batch of garum to date the Pompeii eruption. (A friend of mine actually made some garum in college; it was like fish-scented spacking paste. Gods, what a reek; I thought making lutefisk with lye was the most messed-up thing you could do in preparing fish, but no.)

Comments

[aparecida.livejournal.com]

What about hakarl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl) (rotten shark)?

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

As a nascent classicist, I want to try garum sometime. But only if I can have the copious wine that it was traditionally served with.