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Introducing NEW
Salt Seasoning Blends
Seafood Lover's Gourmet Salt Seasoning Set
This set includes:
* Chanterelle Vanilla Salt Seasoning Blend
* Citrus Wet Salt Seasoning Blend
* Herb Garden Salt Seasoning Blend
No matter what type of fish you enjoy, the Seafood Lovers Trio is sure to be the perfect compliment to all your dishes!
Oil Dipping Trio Gourmet Salt Set
This set includes:
* Chef's Blend Gourmet Salt Seasoning
* French Herb Blend Gourmet Salt Seasoning
* Citrus Basil Gourmet Salt Seasoning Blend
The simple joy of dipping crusty bites of bread in a
small pool of amber colored olive oil is one that we particularly
relish, especially when that oil is enhanced by these flavor rich salt
blends.
Grill Trio Gourmet Salt Seasoning Set
A sizzling trio that includes a jar of Garlic
Shallot Gourmet Salt Blend, a jar of Hickory Maple Gourmet Salt Blend,
and a jar of Hot Habenero Gourmet Salt Blend. A great gift for your
favorite BBQ master!
Summer is Grilling Time!
See all of our NEW Gourmet Salt Seasoning Blends!
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At
one time only tropical aromatics like pepper, cinnamon, and cloves were
considered a spice. The leaves and seeds of temperate-zone plants like
basil and oregano were known as herbs. Today this classification has
shifted somewhat, even though still used in some circles. The term
spice now generally includes a whole range of elements: spices, herbs,
blends and dehydrated vegetables. |
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Spices are seasonings for
food that come from the bark, buds, fruit or flower parts, roots, seeds
or stems of various aromatic plants and trees.
According to the American Spice Trade Association (ASTA), spices are
'any dried plant product used primarily for seasoning purposes.' This
definition covers a wide range of plant and plant parts: tropical
aromatics, leafy herbs, spice seeds, roots, dehydrated vegetables, and
spice blends. |
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At
one time only tropical aromatics like pepper, cinnamon, and cloves were
considered a spice. The leaves and seeds of temperate-zone plants like
basil and oregano were known as herbs. Today this classification has
shifted somewhat, even though still used in some circles. The term
spice now generally includes a whole range of elements: spices, herbs,
blends and dehydrated vegetables. |
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Spices
and herbs have played a dramatic role in the development of Western
civilization. Spices today are plentiful and are used mostly as
flavorings. However, in ancient and medieval times they were rare and
precious products used for medicine, perfume, incense, and currency, as
well as flavoring.
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Peppercorns were first used as spice more than 4000 years ago and then
later as a type of "currency" to facilitate trade during the Middle
Ages. Peppercorns were even considered as valuable as gold because of
their extremely long life. Pepper was the first spice used in Europe
and it came to have great social and economic value there.
Besides traditional black pepper some of the other prized spices of the
era were long pepper from Sumatra, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg,
and galangal (a ginger-like spice from Southeast Asia). |
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Spices have been the catalysts of some of the greatest adventures in
human history from Christopher Columbus to Vasco da Gama, as well as
the driving force for the British East India Company and the British
Empire whose merchants turned London into the greatest spice market in
the world for 200 years. |
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Today spices are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. We may not use
them for currency but they still have a myriad of uses. Some are still
considered to have medicinal uses, some for cosmetics, and some as
aphrodisiacs. We use them to tantalize our taste buds, relive our
memories of vacations to foreign countries, and generally to spice up
our lives. |
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Timeline:
• 3000 BC to 200 BC
Arabs traded spices and herbs among early civilizations.
• 200 BC to 1200
The Romans control the trade.
• 1200 to 1500
Europeans explore passages to the East Indies.
• The 15th to the 17th Centuries
Wars for control of the spice trade break out.
• The 16th to the 18th Century
English exploration begins.
• The 17th to the 20th Century
Americans enter the spice trade.
Thanks to the following websites for historical information:
http://www.spiceadvice.com/history/history.html
http://www.bulkpeppercorns.com/history
http://www.42explore.com/spices.htm |
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