1 posted on
02/21/2007 1:00:47 AM PST by
neverdem
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
02/21/2007 1:02:10 AM PST by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
Indian food, with its spicy stereotype, couldn't have been so, before 500 years ago. Columbus brought the chilli to India, via Vasco Da Gama.
3 posted on
02/21/2007 1:17:06 AM PST by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: neverdem
My theory is hot spices were used to make bad food edible...
No refrigerators...
The hotter the climate, the faster the food spoiled...
7 posted on
02/21/2007 2:03:13 AM PST by
DB
To: Graybeard58
11 posted on
02/21/2007 6:52:28 AM PST by
Atlas Sneezed
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To: neverdem
12 posted on
02/21/2007 7:41:01 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: neverdem; blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach
13 posted on
02/21/2007 7:41:24 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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