
Is Roman-style Garum still made?
And where can I buy it? The Apicius (a recovered Roman cookbook) uses Garum in many of its recipes and I might be able to make some of the dishes if I had access to it.
Also, where can I buy dormice?
I am a former chef and a food history buff, I did a Toga party for friend years ago and got many recipes of the internet for the food and they explained the ingredient like Garum, Pasium, and herbs used in those times, I was able to substitute the ones, now the fish sauce is fine, but anchovy sauce is better it has a most pronounced flavour and for some dish with Pasium, just reduced some bottled grape juice done to a syrup.
I used the celery leaves for the Livinum, most things can be worked around I made small burger like meat patties with pinenuts, Garum and mead (honey wine) and people figured they were swedish meatballs??
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