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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't that when Europe was colonizing everyone to get spices?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Spice was for trade, not food from my understanding.

[–] Peasley 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Victorian recipies use cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, mace, and long pepper pretty often.

I think surviving recipes are almost all upper-class food, so regular people maybe used more salt and herbs than actual spices.

[–] ChicoSuave 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Peasley 1 points 1 day ago

True. Probably lots more pickles and ferments than most people eat now