03-26-2004, 12:42 AM
Until I read this thread, I never realized Worcestershire sauce had anchovies in it... ack! I hate fish, but like Worcestershire, go figure.<br>
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As for Garum, I have seen the real thing. My ex-roommate, years ago when he got into Roman reenacting (where I got the bug), made some. I remember him putting all this stuff an a coupla fish in a crock and sealing it. He left it outside and I remember him attending to it. It was <strong>NASTY</strong>... the fish disintegrated and there was all this nasty white goo in the crock, but he had made some kind of filter and got it out... Most of us figured he'd promptly die of poisoning, but he didn't and seemed to like it...(he does eat and enjoy nasty things though, as a matter of course) I however, was not about to try it then. Maybe now, as I understand how the process works, but <em>aaaiiiheeee</em>, it looked <strong>really</strong> nasty.<br>
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Lately, I have seen some different kinds of fish sauce at local markets -- we have some pretty well-stocked Asian food areas in the markets. Besides the Vietnamese stuff I've seen, I also remember seeing a couple of kinds of Filipino fish sauce, looks like the same stuff. Next time I'm there, I'll get a bottle and if it IS nasty, well, I have six cats and dog who thinks he's a cat, so they'll have a tasty snack ;-)<br>
Varianus <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub27.ezboard.com/bromancivtalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=varianvs>VARIANvS</A> at: 3/26/04 7:42 am<br></i>
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As for Garum, I have seen the real thing. My ex-roommate, years ago when he got into Roman reenacting (where I got the bug), made some. I remember him putting all this stuff an a coupla fish in a crock and sealing it. He left it outside and I remember him attending to it. It was <strong>NASTY</strong>... the fish disintegrated and there was all this nasty white goo in the crock, but he had made some kind of filter and got it out... Most of us figured he'd promptly die of poisoning, but he didn't and seemed to like it...(he does eat and enjoy nasty things though, as a matter of course) I however, was not about to try it then. Maybe now, as I understand how the process works, but <em>aaaiiiheeee</em>, it looked <strong>really</strong> nasty.<br>
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Lately, I have seen some different kinds of fish sauce at local markets -- we have some pretty well-stocked Asian food areas in the markets. Besides the Vietnamese stuff I've seen, I also remember seeing a couple of kinds of Filipino fish sauce, looks like the same stuff. Next time I'm there, I'll get a bottle and if it IS nasty, well, I have six cats and dog who thinks he's a cat, so they'll have a tasty snack ;-)<br>
Varianus <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub27.ezboard.com/bromancivtalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=varianvs>VARIANvS</A> at: 3/26/04 7:42 am<br></i>