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Why do spices exist?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

I'm not actually sure, but I believe that in the Middle Ages pepper and various spices such as cloves were as valuable as gold. Reason being, there was no refrigeration, and often the meat would have an off-putting taste because it may have been kept too long, and the spices covered up the bad taste. Fortunately, I hope, no one got deathly ill from eating the meat.

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15y ago

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