Re: Marmite and other "unique" foods

I'm sorry this isn't a conlang example, but I always thought the
ancient Roman food, "garum," which is basically a paste made of rotten
fish, and which they used like ketchup, fell into this category.
Makes marmite sound like candy.

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Terrence Donnelly wrote:

> Several months ago, someone on this list mentioned Marmite.
> It sounded interesting and I've been trying to find it ever
> since.  I finally did, and - wow!  What a foodstuff!  I've
> finished half the jar in 3 days.  It joins hot mango pickle
> and sauerkraut juice in my list of favorite foods that my
> family flees from.
>
> To relate this to conlanging (or manybe conculturing), do
> any of you have similar food items in your invented speaking
> communities, i.e., foods whose origin or method of production
> cause jaws to drop but which taste wonderful?  The Kadane
> (who speak my conlang Vogu) are pretty boring in this regard,
> I guess, because nothing comes to mind.  I'll have to explore
> this area more deeply.
>
> -- Terry
>