[Sca-cooks] Garum and Pompeii's Destruction

[Elise Fleming]

Found this on the internet:  "Sept. 29, 2008 -- Remains of rotten fish
entrails have helped establish the precise dating of Pompeii's destruction,
according to Italian researchers who have analyzed the town's last batch of
garum, a pungent, fish-based seasoning."  You can read the article at:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/29/pompeii-fish-sauce.html .  There's
a description of making garum in the article as well.

Alys Katharine

Elise Fleming
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