SC - sp[r]ice

[Christina van Tets]

Greetings!

M (of 007 fame??) asked:


>Since when was rice become a spice?

According to a fantastic book I have in front of me, entitled 'History 
Source Books:  The Elizabethan Age:  The Queen, Nobles and Gentry' (it's a 
school text, going almost entirely from primary sources which it presents 
for the kids - heh heh, I'm indoctrinating my English students), the steward 
of Ingatestone Hall (and therefore possibly others too?) called anything 
which came from a hot country a spice.  Among the list of 'spices' here are 
currants, rice, almonds, prunes, dates and raisins.  Maybe this is a key?

Cairistiona


and, not asked by M:
>Ever wanted to lose weight while sitting on your butt in front of the TV???

But then I'd no longer be a bacon butty...
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