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SNIPPETZ ENJOYS THE SPICE OF LIFE by Lindsey Harrison
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ISSUE 586 • JANUARY 21, 2013
“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
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iving your mother-in-law’s chicken casserole a little kick is as easy as going to your pantry or spice rack and picking out whatever tickles your fancy. Of course, it wasn’t always that easy. That’s not to say it isn’t dangerous to season that casserole right in front of her. But in ancient times, travelers had to cross miles of land and sea, battling each other to get those easily-accessible spices that can be found on just about any grocery store shelf. In fact, spices were the driving force of the economy from the end of the Middle Ages until relatively modern times. So what’s all the fuss about? Snippetz investigates the spicy world of spices that can spice up anything that needs a little spicing.
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cultures in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Prior to the Christian Era, spices such as cinnamon, cassia, ginger, turmeric and cardamom were used throughout those regions and used for various forms of commerce.
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way NA-07497 of the Red Sea as early as the middle of the Rev. 1/03 first millennium. Once it was determined that this method was significantly more effective, other maritime routes quickly sprang up. By the late medieval times, Muslim traders were using the Indian Ocean as their favored route, which allowed them to ship spices from different regions in the Far East to trading centers throughout India and as far as the Persian Gulf. From there, land routes allowed the spices to reach Europe, expanding the influence spices had on medieval civilizations. Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, established a direct maritime route from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1498. He sailed south along the west coast of Africa, rounded the continent at the Cape of Good Hope and then traveled back north on the eastern coast to be the first explorer to successfully reach India via the ocean.
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