As an Australian, I remember primary school history lessons about European explorers searching for a shorter route to the ‘Spice Islands’ in the Far East. I eventually discovered that the Spice Islands were part of Indonesia (Australia’s Near North).
The fact that vanilla is used to mean plain shows how good we have it. One of the most expensive, historically sought after spices, and we use it to mean boring and plain.
Only a wee but, a pinch if nuts Meg grated for meat pies,Stews, Currys 4 sweetmeats. Flavour is sweets but Too much gets bitter. Whole sweet flavour Mace is used whole better for pilaafs, biryani , sweetmeats, meat dishes afded Last
All have each one has Medicinal Values. Ginger is cheaper & healing values. In hot tea drinks etc.❤
Historiographically I’m starting to become concerned that it is overblown, but at the same time it’s still it does need to be reiterated that spices were important. Solidly torn. You’re doing great.
Then at some point in Europe and American the spices became less expensive driving more people to be able to buy them. This in turn cause rich people to want to differentiate themselves from the poor, so the rich stopped using spices. This in turn made it more common to not use spice and is now why people think "white people don't season their food" many people really lost out on a world of taste because they didn't want to eat what the poor were eating.
The Dutch once traded the island of Manhattan (back then known as Nieuw Amsterdam) for a tiny nutmeg plantation in Indonesia owned by the British (Rhun island, at the Banda group of islands). That's only one side of the coin howevever seeing that the Dutch also committed g-nocide against 90% of the native Bandanese population and enslaved the rest to work in their nutmeg farms. Those spices and the blood from the labor farming them are the foundation of empires and colonial wealth
Why is nutmeg the king of spice? I don’t agree with this. I believe black pepper, though simple and common, is the king of spice. Theres no kitchen in the world without pepper. Almost, if not all, of cuisines have pepper. It’s time for a revolution. The Pepper revolution.
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Spices are incredibly common… Except the UK,..
Spice still is the perfect commodity. Weighs nothing, costs nothing to produce and you can charge an outrageous price for it.
Spices are common, yet the british never figured out how to add them to food
Nutmeg,nutmeg!!
Do you understand,Mr muller?
As an Australian, I remember primary school history lessons about European explorers searching for a shorter route to the ‘Spice Islands’ in the Far East.
I eventually discovered that the Spice Islands were part of Indonesia (Australia’s Near North).
Me realizing that “Traditional food” often means the stuff the average citizen would eat at certain events.
My ancestors survived centuries of colonization so european can eat pess bland foods……it so messed up
The SPICE
The fact that vanilla is used to mean plain shows how good we have it. One of the most expensive, historically sought after spices, and we use it to mean boring and plain.
Only a wee but, a pinch if nuts Meg grated for meat pies,Stews, Currys 4 sweetmeats. Flavour is sweets but Too much gets bitter.
Whole sweet flavour Mace is used whole better for pilaafs, biryani , sweetmeats, meat dishes afded Last
All have each one has Medicinal Values. Ginger is cheaper & healing values. In hot tea drinks etc.❤
Is it price driving demand or demand driving price? Maybe Adam Smith has a thought on the price of spice 🙃
Batavia story comes to mind here.
Historiographically I’m starting to become concerned that it is overblown, but at the same time it’s still it does need to be reiterated that spices were important. Solidly torn. You’re doing great.
So what happened? Why y’all stop using them 😂
Then at some point in Europe and American the spices became less expensive driving more people to be able to buy them. This in turn cause rich people to want to differentiate themselves from the poor, so the rich stopped using spices. This in turn made it more common to not use spice and is now why people think "white people don't season their food" many people really lost out on a world of taste because they didn't want to eat what the poor were eating.
The Dutch once traded the island of Manhattan (back then known as Nieuw Amsterdam) for a tiny nutmeg plantation in Indonesia owned by the British (Rhun island, at the Banda group of islands). That's only one side of the coin howevever seeing that the Dutch also committed g-nocide against 90% of the native Bandanese population and enslaved the rest to work in their nutmeg farms. Those spices and the blood from the labor farming them are the foundation of empires and colonial wealth
Thus merchants became REALLY powerful.
I want a gingerbread cookie with a pumpkin pie after watching this short
Arrakis and Caladan must. Up their spice production to keep up with galactic demand!
Nutmeg came from the East Indies/ Indonesia, not the Pacific.
i ordered a spice rack that comes with 30 different spices from Amazon for $30. It'll show up on my doorstep in a few hours…..
I remember the history of black pepper lol
I recall seeing a recipe from… I think the late 15th century for cooking peacock with "sos of ginger".
and know yall only use salt. should be illegal
calling a spice " allspice" is the most Meurican/English thing ever
the spice must flow
India suffered from that desires
mfw he says ginger is spicy💀
Indonesias pockets shouldve been lined for years to come.
LOL. I was eating a ginger candy when I came across this. Love ginger!
Love this man he's so happy
It's so fortunate wars are no longer fought over spices
CONTROL THE SPICE CONTROL THE UNIVERSE!
The spice must flow.
Why is nutmeg the king of spice? I don’t agree with this. I believe black pepper, though simple and common, is the king of spice. Theres no kitchen in the world without pepper. Almost, if not all, of cuisines have pepper.
It’s time for a revolution. The Pepper revolution.
Yo ginger's AWESOME
Ginger Spice, always underrated.
As an indian my peasant ancestors ate better than some your kings