SC - spices vs. herbs?
Par Leijonhuvud
pkl at absaroka.obgyn.ks.se
Sun Mar 22 22:57:46 PST 1998
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> When is an item a spice and when is it considered an herb?
Websters (www.m-w.com/dictionary) says the following:
Herb:
2 : a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory, or
aromatic qualities
Spice:
1 : any of various aromatic vegetable products (as pepper or nutmeg)
used to season or flavor foods
Which doesn't help much. Me, I usually (on the flimsiest of evidence)
think of it such that herbs is a sub-set of spices, namely those that
are dried or fresh leafy parts of a plant. I.e. sage, thyme, and
rosemary are herbs, but ginger, pepper, mustard, and nutmeg aren't.
The definitions pretty much overlap, so I think it all boils down to
custom. What does the "pros" say?
/UlfR
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