garum
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A fish-sauce much prized by the ancients, made of small fish preserved in a certain kind of pickle; also, a pickle prepared from the gills or the blood of the tunny.
Examples
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[The Sestii, a powerful Roman family] likely also controlled the fishery and saltery where the famous fish sauce of the Romans known as garum was made from the guts of fish left to ferment in the hot Mediterranean sun.
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In his book of 'British Fishes,' Mr. Yarrell states that 'the anchovy is a common fish in the Mediterranean, from Greece to Gibraltar, and was well known to the Greeks and Romans, by whom the liquor prepared from it, called garum, was in great estimation.'
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The ships had been carrying amphorae, or large jars, containing wine from Italy, and cargo from North Africa and Spain including olive oil, fruit and garum, a pungent fish sauce that was a favorite ingredient in Roman cooking.
Note
'Garum' comes from the Greek 'garos,' the fish used by the Greeks to make this sauce.
