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garumnoun
A fish sauce popular in Ancient Rome.
Etymology: From garum, from γάρον.
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Garum
Garum is a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment in the cuisines of Phoenicia, ancient Greece, Rome, Carthage and later Byzantium. Liquamen is a similar preparation, and at times they were synonymous. Although garum enjoyed its greatest popularity in the Western Mediterranean and the Roman world, it was earlier used by the Greeks.Like modern fermented fish sauce and soy sauce, garum was a rich source of umami flavoring due to the presence of glutamates. It was used along with murri in medieval Byzantine and Arab cuisine to give a savory flavor to dishes. Murri may derive from garum.
Webster Dictionary
Garumnoun
a sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients
Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. ga`ros.]
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Garum
Garum was a fermented fish sauce used as a condiment in the cuisines of ancient Greece, Rome, and Byzantium. Liquamen was a similar preparation, and at times the two were synonymous. Although it enjoyed its greatest popularity in the Roman world, the sauce was earlier used by the Greeks. The Latin word garum derives from the Greek garos or garon, of uncertain origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of garum in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of garum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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