[Sca-cooks] Spices was licorice,

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 01:52 PM 2/23/2004, you wrote:
>Also sprach Ron Carnegie:
>>Greetings all,
>>
>>    Unless I am greatly mistaken I think you will find that NO spice is grown
>>in Europe. (Unless in a hothouse).
>>
>>    To add to the confusion however, it appears that one may "spice" (the
>>verb) with an herb and not just spices!
>
>Of course, it's possible to worry too much about narrow-focus definitions. 
>We're looking at a case of intersecting but incongruent sets. By that 
>definition, cayenne pepper or other chili powders are, arguably, not a 
>spice, to which I simply say, hogwash, and then there's also the question 
>of how to classify all the non-herbaceous "herbs".
>
>Adamantius

Where might this put saffron? It is my understanding that it was grown in 
England through the High Middle Ages. Is saffron an herb, or a spice?

'Lainie
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