The Geography of Spices and Herbs

>British colonization hundred years for spices >now fish and chips

Britain: I’m gonna colonize the whole world for spices Also Britain: I’m not gonna use any of the spices though

It's amazing to think that people traveled thousands of miles for these spices, and yet most people have them all in their kitchen today.

I am from Kerala, India. Many of these spices are growing at my backyard. Black Pepper, Coco, Nutmeg, Pepper etc.

As an Indian my kitchen is stocked with almost all spices u mentioned n more

India：spices exist British: gonna conquer this land China: tea exists British: yeah, there too

Its a great privilege to be able to have the world's spices available to you by going on a short trip to the grocery store

U can find vanillin compounds in wood. It's similar to how aging alcohols like whiskey, tequila, or rum in different regions like the Caribbean, Oaxaca Tennessee, and the Scottish highlands can infuse unflavored spirits with essences of wood char, oak, and even vanilla, without separate flavoring agents.

I'm from the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Growing up and listening to my teachers explaining our local history is amazing. It's mind blowing to think of our tiny in-the-middle-of-nowhere region's role in history. It's hard to believe how much anguish and suffering has been caused by the search for our spices, spices that grow nowhere else (cloves and nutmeg). I loved coming home from school and passing through roads where people bake these spices under the blistering sun, they're super fragrant. And of course are a wonderful addition to our cuisine 😊

"He who controls the spice controls the universe." - Frank Herbert

Its true, even our toothpastes are spicy😂

There’s a big difference in “origin” and the hub of these spices, there’s so many variants of each and can grow in many places. You see it in those cultures that love spices.

There are so many other spices we use in India that's not as popular as the ones you mentioned. For e.g. Long pepper, asafoetida, black stone flower, Nigella seeds, cardamom, Ajwain, jakhiya, alkanet root, kokum, pomegranate seeds, dried kapok buds etc.. if you ever thought you were tired of eating Indian food, you had never had true Indian food. Unfortunately, restaurants don't serve that. You need to know some old granny from rural areas to experience these intricate tastes.

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"God created war so that Americans could learn geography" - Mark Twain

watching my favorite science nerds nerdgasm on YouTube and then randomly toss in a pop culture reference makes me love them even more ❤That last spice was SOOO left field but when you mentioned it I couldn't help but break down and laugh because you had already validated it with the discussion ❤❤❤

India: Has spices Britain: Hippity Hoppity, you're my property

plants: develops poison inside their bodies so nobody gets close humans: yes

Thank you for all the amazing videos! Always learning so much here. The Geography of Flowers would be amazing!

great video! maybe you can make a part 2 video of some other, less-known spices? like in southern tip of india we use a spice called "kalpaasi" literaly - stone algae. i think it's english name is stone flower. its a form of lichen that makes this undescribable umami taste, but is also super fragrant. authentic south indian curries use this spice in abundance, especially meat and chickpea curries. other unique spices of the south include kodumpuli, kanthari milagu, etc. there are many other spices used in the entirety of india very commonly like poppy seeds, asafoetida. in the north, they use dried forms of leaves and fruits as spice. like aamchur and anardana - dried mango and pomegranate - for tanginess, and kasuri methi - dried fenugreek leaves - for an amazing earth smell. also, you COMPLETELY FORGOT TAMARIND! another super common spice used to get a tangy taste in south indian curries. in the north they use lemons and aamchur, but in south they mostly use tamarind. of course you also forgot super common spices used all over the world like cardamom i'm sure there are so many other unique and uncommon spices all around the world that you can add into a seperate video.