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Between the 1500s and 1700s, the spices route describes a lengthy journey where spices were taken for trade from Asia to Europe in ships, caravans and on elephant back. The world’s most significant industry in ancient times, the spices trade defined commerce, provided remedies for ailments and even influenced worldwide culinary tradition and cuisine.
Spices were historically considered as important possession of the royalty. Kings in the past held a region ransom to gain ownership of spices they deemed to be precious. Rome, under siege in 410 AD, was released upon payment of 3000 pounds of pepper. Jewelers in India created delicate, miniature caskets with silver and gold to serve as cardamom containers for the nobleman of the royal court in Delhi and Agra.
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Anyone who has scooped out a jack-o-lantern around Halloween is familiar with the processing of pumpkin seeds. The flat, white seeds make a halfway decent snack after they’ve been removed from the gooey pulp, sorted, rinsed, dried, oiled, seasoned and baked at high heat. But even after these steps, the seeds can be a bit of tough chew which has made this yearly tradition strictly seasonal.
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