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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
After a little research on the Web, I find that it's amazing how many places give recipes for ancient Roman dishes.
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And none include the warning that this recipe is likely to be hazardous to your health.
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
You've got to see the one for garum, at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/roman-recipes.html (do an in-page search for it). Make sure to read the last couple of sentences, especially. One says something like "leave in the sun for 7 days." Then, there's something about at the end the fish have all turned to liquid. |
Well, that eliminates me from trying the recipe. Now if it called for 7 days of rain....
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
But one of the Scandinavian countries--Sweden, Norway, Denmark, somewhere--have a modern dish that, if memory serves me correctly, is much like the garum. I've heard that people from other countries find it absolutely detestable. It would be interesting if the Internet Archive had a fairly recent book of Scandinavian recipes, written in English . . . .
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Lutfisk was bad enough. I couldn't try any Swedish food for a couple of months after my innocent taste buds were introduced to lutfisk (also known to Norwegians as lutefisk) which translates as lye fish. I don't want to imagine what further infamy the minds that came up with lutfisk are capable of.