[archeo, gastronomy] 100 Tanks of 5th C Garum Found

[siderea]

Newsweek is reporting that archeologists have found "about 100 tanks" of garum, and, not unrelatedly, a massive complex of ruins from the lost city of Neapolis, off the coast of Tunisia.

This of course raises a host of questions, starting with:

• How can they tell it's garum and, you know, not just containers of fish that happened to get lost for 1500 years?
• Is that even a distinction that makes a difference?
• Is it still "good"?
• How would you tell?
• Is somebody gonna try it?
• Will reaction shots be posted to YouTube?

Comments

[siderea]

2569: Kosher garum

Wait, what.

ETA: Huh.

[alexxkay]

Neat article! Having just listened to an audio production of Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia", it was heartening to see all those qualifiers and caveats.

I wonder if it is/was possible to make something that is "garum" entirely *without* fish.