Re: Marmite and other "unique" foods

Ed Heil wrote:
>
> 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.
>
        I remember, back in my Latin classes in High School, this "garum"
feature. We once studied Latin recipes, and in the French notes about
the ingredients, it just said: "if you want to make the recipe, just use
Nuoc-Nam that you can find nearly everywhere". I don't remember if we
actually made one of those recipes, but what I know is that I love
Nuoc-Nam! :)

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