Garum

fermented fish sauce used as a condiment

Garum was a fermented fish sauce used in ancient Greece, Rome, and Byzantium. It was made from the intestines of small fishes by bacterial fermentation.[1]

Garum factory at Baelo Claudia in Spain

References change

  1. Curtis, Robert I (1983) "In Defense of Garum" The Classical Journal, 78 (3): 232–240.