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There's also the problematic notion that some believe: using a lot of spices is indicative of low class. Using fewer spices and letting the food shine through i
by perfmode 8y ago
There's also the problematic notion that some believe: using a lot of spices is indicative of low class. Using fewer spices and letting the food shine through is indicative of higher class.
Initially, using a lot of spices was indicative of wealth and access, so it was desirable.
Then, spice availability increased and everyone could afford them.
At this point, the rhetoric switched and spices were looked down upon by the wealthy.
- gascan 8y agoThe interesting truth is that inept preparation of food requires a lot more spice to get the same effect. Speaking as someone who was long inept.
- cwyers 8y agoThis can be true. At the same time, the Western culinary experience is shaped around the way people cooked in Europe at a certain time period. Lots of fuel was available for cooking and people stayed in one place a lot, so you got a cuisine where a lot of flavor comes from heavy browning and long cooking. Other cuisines came together in different circumstances, and so you have an emphasis on quicker cooking times, and more of the flavor comes from intensely flavored ingredients (like peppers and herbs).