SC - Re: Apicius site, some thoughts
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Tue Nov 16 23:37:37 PST 1999
Aislinn C. C. asked:
> Tannahill gives an intriguing process for making liquamen in her book.
> Would modern oyster sauce make a good substitute? Adamantius?
The following message is from my sauces-msg file:
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:01:13 EST
> From: LrdRas <LrdRas at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: SC - Gulf Wars & a question
>
> mfgunter at fnc.fujitsu.com writes:
>
> << I've been reading the Roman recipe website and wondered if liquamen could
> be substituted with nuoc muam sauce? I know we've discussed stuff like this
> before.
>
> Gunthar >>
>
> I always sub Thai fish sauce or a similar Far Eastern fish sauce for
> "liquamen". I do not know how close actual manufacturing methods are to the
> Roman stuff but, IMHO, such a substitution is far more justified than water or
> broth. :-)
>
> Ras
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