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Why did people want spices so badly? I can't imagine any cravings for culinary variety to cause me to spend so lavishly on spices. I assume they were being used
by afpx 2y ago
Why did people want spices so badly? I can't imagine any cravings for culinary variety to cause me to spend so lavishly on spices. I assume they were being used for medicines or food preparation and preservation or other uses? I can also see them being status symbols by the rich because of their scarcity and gateway to new experience (What else to get the person who has everything)? If there's so much latent demand for new spices though, seems like there's a lot to be made on inventing new ones.
- 1oooqooq 2y agoit was for for food transportation. not actual food preservation. basically a unnecessary thing turned necessary because of the mechanics that turned a profit on luxury food moving long distances. just like oil allowed to transport 3lb of banana per American on cooled ship holds... America would hardly starve if all those ships disappeared overnight.