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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Jun 23, 2017 13:48:29 GMT 2
Some places (like India) had great culinary traditions that survived British colonization. Some places (like Senegal) had middling culinary traditions that were enriched by French colonization. But places like Zambia that drew neither card are S.O.L.
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Post by slowcoach on Jun 23, 2017 15:08:54 GMT 2
well, I'm talking of locally available herbs/spices. Like here, a very dry area, we put a mixture of herbs and salt around the pieces of beef we air-dry. the locals are very carnivorous. some will complain if there is a couple salad leaves on their plates beside their steak. they would not have put it there for flavour. There is scientific evidence of the anti-bacterial properties of practically all cooking herbs. and I am sure I read or saw something about how herbs were added to barrels of foods to be preserved. Maybe in this case to also repel the vermin that might have otherwise been interested in infesting the food reserves.
Herbs have many uses besides culinary that much I know, it is the spices I am interested in.
Nearby here is the first place that the plants from which we get paprika were first cultivated outside of the Americas, and one would have thought that with the large local representation amongst the conquistadores this would be a hub for America spice use. You would be very wrong.
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