Roman Empire

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Illustrative reconstruction of pale pear liquamen based on Palladius; its exact historical appearance and vessel are unknown.

Liquamen ex piris (Palladius' pear liquamen)

A late-antique Roman recipe in which very ripe pears are crushed with salt, matured for three months and drained, giving a pale liquid called liquamen.

Roman world
· Fruit
Illustrative reconstruction of oenogarum ingredients; ancient sources do not establish an exact ratio or serving appearance.
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Oenogarum

Oenogarum is fish sauce mixed with wine, pepper and often olive oil: a Roman table sauce in the Apicius cookbook, and a reduced, strained sauce in a later medical text.

Roman world · Historical attestation
· Fish and seafood