SC - Spices in cooking [was Jamaican Jerk (was jerked meat)]

[Mordonna22@aol.com]

Wow, glad to see so many replys to this question. I always had a problem with
the "people in the middle ages ate tainted meat" theory.  And I do think Sculley
does a good job in discussing the regulations butchers had to follow during the
time period. I don't think all these regulations would have come to be IF people
ate bad meat.

meadhbh

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> Gedney, Jeff wrote:
>
> > Reasons for use of spices in the middle ages:
> >
> > 1) They were expensive, and had to be imported, so spiced foods were a
> > way of showing off how rich you are (if you are rich)
> > 2) THEY MAKE THINGS TASTE GOOD
> > 3) They were expensive, and had to be imported, so spiced foods were a
> > way of showing your guests how much you though of them (if you are not
> > so rich)
> > 4) THEY MAKE THINGS TASTE GOOD
> > 5) Crusaders got used to the spiced foods in the Middle East, and
> > brought back those preferences, and spices, with them.
> > 6) THEY MAKE THINGS TASTE GOOD
>
> In a world where a lot of people never travelled more than maybe 20
> miles from their birthplace, spices had a role of exoticism and romance
> in everyday, or even festival day, life...also, they were seen as having
> medicinal value, and were a way of displaying that you were not only
> rich, but edumacated, as well...
>
> Adamantius
>
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