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Title: Relies entirely on the yuck factor
Review: A very typical example (I was browsing through that book today): The book says that the Romans made a sauce called 'garum', which they used on pretty much everything, by putting a mixture of anchovies and salt in a vat. This was then let sit for several months.Sounds disgusting, doesn't it?We know all this because there are recipes in a cookbook that is ascribed to a chap called Apicius and another guy by the name of Pliny wrote a huge encyclopedia where he says brand such-and-such is best. Unfortunately the author fails to mention that.(By the way, Maggi seasoning is made by putting soybean protein and salt in a large vat and forgetting about it for several days. No fish.)Things are never put into proper perspective, presumably because the author is afraid of spoiling the fun. Science isn't fun, it isn't meant to be fun. Science demands careful thought. Science makes sense!
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