{"id":3489,"date":"2024-02-10T13:42:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T18:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crousset.com\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2024-02-10T14:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T19:28:31","slug":"the-spice-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crousset.com\/ca-en\/the-spice-route\/","title":{"rendered":"The spice route"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From pepper to cinnamon, passion awaits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cGod made the food, the devil the seasoning<\/em>\u00a0.\u00a0<em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>If we look at the history of spices, this culinary formula of James Joyce seems quite well founded: since ancient Egypt, men have in fact continued to alternate diplomacy and violence to succeed in getting their hands on the famous spices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming from faraway countries and therefore rare, expensive but also mysterious, these easy-to-transport plants quickly became the symbol of an essential luxury.\u00a0Let us retrace the history of this first globalization which brought in its flavored wake the greatest powers, suddenly eager for small spicy dishes.Isabelle Gregor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you say&nbsp;<em>\u201cspices\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before 1150, there was no&nbsp;<em>\u201cspice\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;in the French language, but&nbsp;<em>\u201caromatics\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;from Greek and already present in the Bible.&nbsp;It was therefore not until the Middle Ages that this word derived from the Latin&nbsp;<em>species<\/em>&nbsp;imposed itself,&nbsp;designating all special foodstuffs.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3489_bc2238-7e .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3489_bc2238-7e size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crousset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/route-epices-moyen-age.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3351\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among these, do not be surprised to find luxury products and drugs sold in pharmacies! Then the meaning is reduced to designate \u201caromatic substances taken from certain plants (bark, roots, leaves, flowers, pods, seeds, fruits, originating in India, tropical Africa, America. used as condiments to enhance the flavor of dishes, to flavor drinks or activate the functions of the stomach. \u201d ( Great Encyclopedia ). It is therefore not strange to find among these products in medieval times rice or even rice. cane sugar, the famous \u201creed honey\u201d .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very expensive, spices have long served as a bargaining chip, to the point of being at the origin of our expression\u00a0<em>\u201cpay in cash\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0!\u00a0They ended up giving their name to a tax, as the article in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herodote.net\/1er_juillet_1751-evenement-17510701.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u2019Encyclop\u00e9die<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Diderot and d\u2019Alembert\u00a0likes to recall\u00a0:<br><em>\u201cSPICES, (Jurisprud.) Are monetary rights that judges of several courts are authorized to receive from parties for trial viewing in writing.\u00a0These kinds of remuneration are called in law sportulae or species, which signifioit all kinds of fruits in general, &amp; especially spices;\u00a0from which we made spices in French, a term which formerly included all kinds of jams, because before the discovery of the Indies, and that we had the use of sugar, we made fruit jam with spices ;\u00a0one made presents to the judges of these kinds of fruits, which gave them the name of spices \u201d<\/em>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is of course for the author the occasion not to speak about cooking, but taxes and power of the judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First victims of fever<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Myrrh trees planted on a terrace of the great temple of Deir el-Bahari: here is one of the most beautiful symbols of the importance assumed by spices in the history of great civilizations!\u00a0It is to a stubborn woman, Pharaoh\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herodote.net\/Un_e_pharaon_batisseur-article-467.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hatshepsout<\/a>\u00a0, that we owe it since it was she who organized one of the first great expeditions to the Land of Punt (southern Arabia or the Somali coast).<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3489_b35215-92 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3489_b35215-92 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crousset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/route-epices-egypte.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3354\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is true that Egypt could not ignore this treasure: placed in the heart of the Mediterranean world, this country serves as a hub for productions and buyers.\u00a0All in the Nile Valley!<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3489_5e9db4-83 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3489_5e9db4-83 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crousset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/routes-epices-nil.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3355\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An essential crossroads for lovers of spicy products, we get our supplies on one side from&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>the<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Somali&nbsp;<em>\u201cSpice Coast\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;and Happy Arabia (Yemen), and on the other from the markets of Mesopotamia, which are themselves supplied. by camel caravans from the Indus regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cotton, oils and spices against Mediterranean coral and Baltic amber, business is going well!&nbsp;From the banquets of Sardanapalus to the luggage of the Queen of Sheba visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herodote.net\/1000_a_597_avant_JC-synthese-124.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solomon\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;, spices are all the rage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequently the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herodote.net\/2000_av_J_C_-synthese-136.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cretans<\/a>&nbsp;and then the Greeks, until then little known for their culinary talents, succumb in their turn: it must be said that Alexander\u2019s soldiers made a great promotion of cinnamon and other sesame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herodote.net\/Du_poivre_a_la_cannelle_la_passion_au_rendez_vous-synthese-1925.php#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by\u00a0Isabelle Gr\u00e9gor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From pepper to cinnamon, passion awaits \u201cGod made the food, the devil the seasoning\u00a0.\u00a0\u201d\u00a0If we look at the history of spices, this culinary formula of James Joyce seems quite well founded: since ancient Egypt, men have in fact continued to alternate diplomacy and violence to succeed in getting their hands on the famous spices. 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