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Tamara Lewit, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne

Take fish, salt in vats, leave in sun for months: why ancient Romans loved fermented fish sauces like garum

Photo by Engin Akyurt/Pexels

If you slipped back through time to taste a dish from the Roman Empire, you’d likely be sampling some fermented fish sauce.

Surviving Roman recipes add this to anything from barley porridge to a sweet custard made with pine nuts, olive oil, wine, honey and pepper.

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