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: DB
Couldn't be... remember, spices were traded as luxury goods...some of them costing more than gold in value, weight-for-weight.
8 posted on
02/21/2007 2:15:28 AM PST by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: DB
"My theory is hot spices were used to make bad food edible..." This is the same theory that saw to the inclusion of little Tabasco bottles in MREs.
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