SC - Lady Seaton's Project

[david friedman]

At 2:03 PM -0500 3/19/00, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

>And in the "I have no blinkin' hard evidence" department, it was
>suggested somewhere recently (maybe the Apicius list?) that muria, a
>known Roman garum variant (I'm not sure which one it is, maybe the
>version made with gutted fish, or maybe just fish innards instead of
>whole fish) is related both in name and process to murri. Do we know
>where murri comes from? Could it be a vegetarian version of a fish
>sauce? Considering that soy sauce is exactly that, it makes a bit of
>sense. That, of course, doesn't make it true.

I had wondered about a connection too. Note that the fake Murri 
recipe I have is called "Byzantine Murri," which suggests some 
connection (but it isn't made from fish).

David/Cariadoc
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