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I wish we had access to the back story of the invention of garum. My guess it was either very interesting or very dull.

• cgio 5y ago
  Anaximandros upon return to his summer home: “Something smells, Alkmioni must have been right, I left the sardines in that jar last summer. Does not smell halfway bad, let’s take some of this golden juice and try on the bread, gold is a good colour, a godly one. After all, Alkmioni has gone have a bath with her childhood friends and we won’t be eating till later. This tastes amazing.” And the rest is history unlike the preceding.
  • Kaibeezy 5y ago
    Three weeks later, Anaximandros upon returning to his summer home after running back to his winter home for the blasted firestick so the family can watch squid at play: “Alkmioni’s gonna love this. I stashed a bladder of goat milk under the quadriga. Smells earthy. Let’s take some of this clotted white pâté and try on the bread. White is a good colour, like the clouds. Oh, this also tastes amazing. Pass the liquamen, would you.” And so forth.
    • alexk307 5y ago
      Likely how beer and wine were discovered as well. Happy accidents that someone decided to taste
      • ahmedfromtunis 5y ago
        With beer and wine, i can understand how one would like at that a think "hmmm, maybe I can try this." But with garum, i don't think the decision was that easy.
• jrochkind1 5y ago
  Fermented foods in general go way way back, all sorts of fermented things. Just a great way of preserving food needing nothing but salt. I suspect fermenting fish pre-dates even Roman times and was not invented there.