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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month agohow would the parasites survive the garum making process? like that shit is saturated with salt and left in a jar for months!
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 month ago
The spread of fish tapeworm due to Roman conquest is well documented, and the only good explanation is garum. And I believe that larval cysts can survive pretty rough conditions, including high salinity.
The “right” way to get rid of them would be by heat, but you can’t simply use cooked fish to make garum, it denatures the proteins required for the fish flesh to decompose “the right way”.