I love spicy food.
A spice can be a seed, a fruit, root, bark, or any other plant substance that is used to color and flavor food.
What are some of the most common spices?
Cinnamon and black pepper are the spices that began the spice trade in 2000 BCE.
Wow, that was a long time ago. Which countries were involved in the spice trade?
It first developed throughout South Asia and Middle East back then.
I see. What else can you tell me about spices?
, the noun referring to "appearance, sort, kind": "species" has the same root. By 1000 BCE, medical systems based upon herbs could be found in China, Korea, and India. Early uses were connected with magic, medicine, religion, tradition, and preservation.
Cloves were used in Mesopotamia by 1700 BCE. The ancient Indian epic Ramayana mentions cloves. The Romans had cloves in the 1st century CE, as Pliny the Elder wrote about them.
The earliest written records of spices
Spice
A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Many spices have antimicrobial properties. This may explain why spices are more commonly used in warmer climates, which have more infectious diseases, and why the use of spices is prominent in meat, which is particularly susceptible to spoiling. Spices are sometimes used