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Romans poured a pungent fermented fish sauce called garum on all kinds of food.
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Made by fermenting fish and salt in the sun, garum was produced in coastal factories and traded across the empire. It was used much the way we use ketchup or soy sauce.
Source: Pliny the Elder, 'Natural History,' 31.93–95.
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