[Sca-cooks] Re: Curry spices & rancid meat

[Philip Troy]

On Wednesday 25 July 2001 12:11, you wrote:

> Many spices have _some_ antibacterial effect (cloves, for instance).
> It's not, in our terms, terribly useful because the effect is not strong.
> But that's why they are used in preservation.
>
> -- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa

Black pepper, OTOH, is used because it repels flies, which can in turn
introduce bacteria.

Adamantius