Talk:Garum

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[edit] Deleted references to the Asian fish sauce

This article is about Ancient Roman Fish sauce, not fish sauce in general. Deleted this reference: ", a cousin of Vietnamese nuoc mam " Intranetusa 21:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

http://www.italiancookingandliving.com/food/pf_text/ac_garum.html claims:

Existing in various forms and qualities, garum could be enjoyed by slave and emperor alike, and gradually grew prevalent enough to invoke the only large-scale factory industry in the ancient world.

which contradicts our article:

"was usually only consumed by the higher classes of society."

bogdan 23:31, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

James Grout's Encyclopaedia Romana has an article on garum that cites primary sources. This garum article contains an analysis of the price of garum, suggesting that its price was comparable to that of honey, and therefore would be affordable to more than just Roman upper class. The claim that garum "was usually only consumed by the higher classes of society" should probably be removed, or at least amended to "was often consumed" to make it supportable by the available evidence, unless someone can substantiate this claim.