HERB - What classes would you like to see?

[BARBLEE@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu]

My Lady,

I have often wondered if the herbs have changed much since middle ages.
Some cross polenation (sp?).  Are they stronger? weaker? Can I find seeds 
and grow them here in my area (near Savannah Ga)?

Several times I have seen and heard reference to spices with strange 
names that relate to nothing in my grocery shelf. Or anyplace else for 
that matter.

All I know about the use of middle ages spices and herbs is that they 
were used as medicine, and salt was used to cure meat.  Any other ways 
they were used would be wonderful. 

Cibella
Shire of Forth Castle


On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Gaylin Walli wrote:

> Greetings from the Midrealm this overcast afternoon.
> 
> After returning from the Midrealm university topical session on cooking
> and brewing, I've decided that something needs to be done.
> 
> While well attended, more than other classes, the class that was taught
> on herbs and spices at this university session was geared toward the
> most basic of beginners. The information was interesting, but for
> me at least, it wasn't anything I didn't already know, or that anyone
> else could have found by doing a quick web search on "herbs" or
> "spices". In fact, very little of the class related to how herbs
> and spices were actually used within cooking and brewing during
> our time periods.
> 
> Much to my dismay, this has been the case of every society-sponsored
> herb/spice class I've ever attended. I think there's a clear need for
> classes that go beyond the information that can typically
> be called "classification" or "encyclopedia" information. Plenty
> of books and websites talk about the history of particular herbs
> and spices. And more than you or I could count show what a plant
> looks like and where it grows. Few books or classes actually address
> how spices and herbs were actually used in period or the theories
> behind how they were actually used.
> 
> What classes can you think of that accomplish this? What classes
> have you always wanted to see being taught? What have you always
> wanted to know about herbs? Ideas, anyone?
> 
> Jasmine
> 
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