A Brief History of Fish Sauce

A Brief History of Fish Sauce is the day's dark horse, surging past #6 with 169 points and 67 comments in a loving cultural deep dive that proves Hacker News rewards genuine curiosity. It traces a 2,000-year history from ancient Roman garum to modern Vietnamese nước mắm, revealing fermentation techniques nearly identical to those used 1,800 years ago.

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