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.

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

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

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

Its true, even our toothpastes are spicy😂

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 😊

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

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.

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.

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

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

I can't tell you how hard I laughed at food in England is disgusting, but food in India is amazing😂😂😂

Plants: Let's make ourselves spicy so that we won't get eaten. Humans: It's free real estate

Plants: Develop defense mechanism Human: Eat plants anyway Plants: am I a joke to you

British: we have hundreds upon hundreds if herbs and spices that people could use to make delicious meals! Also the Brits: Fish n Chips! Get your fish n chips! Beer battered with salt and pepper

Always wondered why every south Asian and south east Asian countries had some sort of chilli in their food and now it makes sense