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Re:I Would Rather Be Herod’s Pig: The History of a Taboo by mirimir on Thursday October 15, 2015 @05:43AM (#10392200)
Great article!

I didn't know that Roman cuisine featured "liquamen—a fermented fish sauce central to Roman cuisine".

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Re:I Would Rather Be Herod’s Pig: The History of a Taboo by dTal on Thursday October 15, 2015 @06:33AM (#10392344)
That'd odd, I've always heard it was called "garum".
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Re:I Would Rather Be Herod’s Pig: The History of a Taboo by zxexz on Thursday October 15, 2015 @06:44AM (#10392379)
As did I. According to Wikipedia[0], "Liquamen was a similar preparation, and at times the two were synonymous."

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum

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Re:I Would Rather Be Herod’s Pig: The History of a Taboo by dagw on Thursday October 15, 2015 @06:42AM (#10392365)
My understanding is that was regional thing. Some called it liquamen and others called it garum. They might have started out as different variations of fish sauce but as cultural influences spread across the empire they became the same thing.
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