SC - I am So Ashamed! (long)

[Christine A Seelye-King]

An interesting definition of the difference between herbs and spices, but
not the one I use.  Herbs are the leaves or flowers of a plant, spices
are everything else - bark, roots, rhizomes, seeds, seed pods, etc.  
Christianna

> As to peasants growing spices and drying them in woodcuts:  I 
> suspect you miught be confusing spices and herbs.  Herbs are 
> generally leaves and stems of sub-tropical plants while spices are 
> generally tropical in nature.  There is some crossover likely, but 
> we should probably clarify what was being grown and dried.  If Black 
> Pepper would have grown in southern France, I bet money they would 
> have tried it.  Same with other spices continually imported from 
> South and East.
> 
> niccolo difrancesco
> 
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