E122 SPICE
- FACTORALY

- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
Simon is a star (anise). Bruce is feeling spicy.
Today, we take spice for granted. There's a whole area of the supermarket dedicated to it. But it hasn't always been that way. Spice was almost priceless only a few hundred years ago and the search for it cost untold lives. This episode delves deep into the spice rack and comes out smelling wonderful! As always, click on the pics and links for more aromatic rabbit holes.
The History of Spice
Spice and Medicine
Peppercorns & Spices as Currency
Spice and the West

Explorers and Spice
Spice as Drugs
The Spice Girls
Mulled Drinks
Anethole in Spices (and Drinks)

Spice Painting
Anandam Hari Goshala's largest spice painting













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