"Garum Lupus, the condiment of champions"
: fermented fish viscera preserved in amphoras are displayed over the pages of the 37th volume of the irreducible Gauls,
Asterix and Transitalic
(2017).
The imaginary brand is sponsoring a chariot race organized by César in which Obélix, the new muse of the product, stands out with the slogan:
“The barbarians are crazy about it!”
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The nod to garum in the transalpine adventure of our dear heroes proves that its authors, Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad, have potashed!
This sauce - which is similar to nuoc-mam, but with a more pronounced iodized taste - must be considered as the ketchup or mayonnaise of the Romans, who seasoned most of their dishes with it, savory and sweet, as evidenced by
The Culinary Art
of Apicius.
"There were several varieties of condiments resulting from the fermentation of entrails and flesh of salted fish, the quality of which depended on the maturation and especially on the filtration
, explains Dimitri Tilloi-d'Ambrosi...
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