https://www.thecollector.com/how-lombards-conquered-italy/
A potted history
Quite a small pot, like the little jars of shrimp paste that were such a feature of childhood holidays! Tasty but unsatisfying. I spent a happy week in Spoleto in 1997 but must confess to having taken more interest in the food than the history!
Or Salmon paste which your parents appeared determined to foist upon you for school lunchboxes