[KarlInOhio]

It might be full of Garum. Which is gross even if it was still “fresh”.

No "might" about it. From the article: "Initial tests have found pickled fish, which was often used to create a sauce called garum."

Mmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm. I'm thinking of going to Olive Garden for lunch and asking for their rotted fish gut sauce instead of tomato sauce.

[livius]

Have some Worcestershire sauce instead...that’s the direct descendant of garum (although it may have been reintroduced to northern Europe through contacts with India).

[Adder]

They’ll hand you a bottle of Worstershire...a descendant of garum, IIRC.

[katana]

There is a similar condiment (salty fermented fish sauce) that is popular with the Chinese in Singapore. I can't recall the name but I was offered some to add to a stir fry dish. I sniffed the container and can only compare it to the smell of fresh vomit (somebody else's, if you know what I mean). Gag response bad but it's amazing what people can enjoy and eat if they're brought up on it.

A friend of mine and I on a business trip in western China were treated to glasses of fermented mare's milk (Ghengis Khan and Mongol Horde type stuff). He almost puked (surprised me because he's a Louisiana Cajun and I thought those folks could eat anything) but to me it was just like the Kentucky buttermilk I was brought up on as a child.

[bert]

-——it might be full of Garum. -——

Isn’t that an energy source that could make a car go?

Cars go Garum, Garum, garuuum!