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Archaeologists offer tastes of Pompeii
Duluth News Tribune ^
| 5/25/05
| ARIEL DAVID/AP
Posted on 05/26/2005 5:28:24 PM PDT by wagglebee
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posted on
05/26/2005 5:28:25 PM PDT
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wagglebee
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/26/2005 5:28:50 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
I was there in 1970. I was impressed. Lotta history over there.
My wife's cousins are a few hours away, near Bari.
To: wagglebee
Some may keep away from "garum," a pungent sauce used for flavoring and obtained by fermenting fish entrails, but Ciarallo said many Roman dishes closely resembled modern cuisine.Garum. I remember back when I was in HS, our Latin teacher brought some "garum" she had made at home. It stunk up the classroom so bad, half the class was up-chucking within minutes and had to go to the nurse's office.
I can only imagine what her own house must have smelled like.
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posted on
05/26/2005 11:17:01 PM PDT
by
auzerais
To: auzerais
"garum," a pungent sauce used for flavoring and obtained by fermenting fish entrails...Actually, garum sounds like the (fermented) fish sauce used in SE Asia (known as "nuoc mam" in Vietnam. It also has a pungent fragrance (as does Sauerkraut, for that matter).
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posted on
05/26/2005 11:41:39 PM PDT
by
pawdoggie
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posted on
05/27/2005 9:49:33 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: pawdoggie
Yes but Sauerkraut is not fermented fish entrails.
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posted on
05/27/2005 9:51:45 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: pawdoggie
...known as "nuoc mam" in Vietnam. It also has a pungent fragrance
LOL - I would never describe anything I smelled in 'Nam as a having a "fragrance."
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posted on
05/27/2005 9:57:02 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: auzerais
Did she make it from scratch? Order a pound of entrails from her fish monger? Pretty cool actually.
Vesuvius is way over due for a big blast. Hope these people enjoy it while it lasts.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:12:59 AM PDT
by
lizma
To: wagglebee
Cool. I think I'll forego the fermented fish bits, though :)
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:15:16 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: Peanut Gallery
To: BenLurkin
'Pad Thai' sauce is made with fermented fish entrails, and it's delicious.
Tomato-less pizza, similar to foccaccia, and hamburger helper style hamburgers were popular back then. Not much has changed, the stonebrick pizza ovens discovered in Pompeii pretty much have the same construction as new one's built in central Italy today.
To: pawdoggie
thats what I was thinking too :D
the thai fish sauce STINKS STINKS STINKS, but man does it make the food taste good, especially pad thai and thom ka gha (coconut milk soup).
I have been trying to add to my culinary herb garden herbs that the Thai and Vietnamese use in their cooking.
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posted on
05/27/2005 11:32:06 AM PDT
by
Alkhin
("Oh! Oh!" cried my idiot crew. "It's a ghoul - we are lost!" ~ Jack Aubrey)
To: Alkhin
the thai fish sauce STINKS STINKS STINKS, but man does it make the food taste good, especially pad thai and thom ka gha (coconut milk soup). So, just what does that say about the taste of the food to begin with? Just curious... Not eating fish sauce anytime soon...
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posted on
05/27/2005 11:37:16 AM PDT
by
abner
(Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!-)
To: abner
Don't know....considering that my Latin teacher in high school said that their protein diet included rats, its a possibility that fermented fish guts was an improvement. If you have a chance to try Thai food though, I highly recommend it.
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posted on
05/27/2005 12:17:58 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
("Oh! Oh!" cried my idiot crew. "It's a ghoul - we are lost!" ~ Jack Aubrey)
To: Alkhin
LOL!
Yum....
NOT!
I love American food...
But, I would try Thai...
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posted on
05/27/2005 12:40:43 PM PDT
by
abner
(Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!-)
To: SunkenCiv
>Ciarallo said many Roman dishes closely resembled modern cuisine.<
backwards.
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posted on
05/27/2005 2:38:05 PM PDT
by
ken21
(if you didn't see it on tv, then it didn't happen. /s)
To: abner
Thai food is amazing... just don't try a spicy dish your first time, and you'll be fine. A mild coconut chicken curry is good.
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posted on
05/27/2005 2:43:54 PM PDT
by
RedBeaconNY
(Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis habes.)
To: ken21
> backwards.
Because the Romans puked 'em back up. ;')
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posted on
05/28/2005 2:53:39 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: wagglebee
I'll eat there when History catches up with 2005.
Not that I wouldn't like food poisoning or anything like that.
Nope.
Speaking of catching up, who's to blame for that Evil Volcano?
Howard Dean? Anyone?
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posted on
05/28/2005 2:59:29 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(GOD BLESS AMERICA)
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