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They didn't necessarily want just the spices. The silk road brought common trade goods as well. Things like silk, hence the name The Silk Road. Spices were much in demand. The world had tasted the difference exotic spices made to common foods and demanded more. These flavors were not just used to enhance taste but used to mask bad tastes and preserve foods. The prices asked for the spices made the trade a lucrative business to be in.
It was expensive because Italy and Egypt controlled the trade routes make spices cost more. Pepper cost more than gold!
When Marco Polo returned to Italy he brought back the things from Asia and introduced them to Europe. In this time people didn't take baths so perfume was a welcoming scent. The foods were mushy and over cooked so spices made them taste better and clothing was rough against the skin and silk felt cool or warm when put on and it was beautiful. Foods like peaches were also introduced and there was very little fruit in Europe. Polo's book told of magnificent wonders and of another world. When sailing technology caught up with the fever of people wanting all the things that Polo introduced the race was on to find a water route to Asia. The Silk Road was dangerous, took months to travel, had robberies, and was expensive for investors to sponsor so a water route was needed to get the things that people wanted.
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the christian crusader who brought back a taste for the silks and spices of Asia
The Christian crusaders who brought back a taste for the silks and spices of Asia
the Christian crusaders who brought back a taste for the silks and spices of Asia
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Spices were highly valued for their flavoring, medicinal, and preservative properties in Europe, driving a high demand. The scarcity of spices in Europe led explorers to seek out new trade routes to Asia, resulting in the age of exploration. This quest for spices had a significant impact on shaping the course of world history through the discovery of new lands and trade routes.
Different spices add different taste to what you are cooking
Spices and seasonings.
Spices change taste depending on what spice they are. Some may add spiciness, others make it salty, sweet, bitter, sour or tangy.
Mask the taste with other flavours/spices
To make it taste good.
Refrigeration had not yet been invented, so the only way to preserve meat was to salt it. Adding spices helped to hide the salty taste. The spices also concealed the taste of meat that had gone bad.
Because of the way it affects taste buds.