Roman Remains, Albufeira, Portugal

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These Roman remains and the Garum fish tanks. Nothing else is visible in the area but without knowing thousands of people just walk by the history. Garum is a fermented fish sauce which 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 the modern fermented fish sauce or the soy product soy sauce, fermented garum is 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.