Spices definition

Spices definition

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DEFINITION OF SPICES
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2. What is Spices???

3. “One or other of various flavored or
aromatic substance of vegetable
origin obtained from tropical plants,
commonly used as condiments as
employment for other purposes on
account of their fragrance and their
preservative qualities”

4. Type and Origin Spices

5. CORIANDER, CUMIN, SAFFRON
CROCUS (SAFFRON)
SpicesoftheMediterranean
thatarewidelyusedinAsian
cuisineEvidenceofthe
spreadofspicesgoesboth
ways

6. PEPPER (PIPER NIGRUM)
Allspice highest value and most
contain historical value Native
plant Malabar Coast, India In the
archipelago, Lampung = main
producing areas of black
pepper.1692 VOC obtain the
pepper trade monopoly in
Lampung In 1772, the pepper is
able to provide a gain of 2/3 of
profits VOC

7. CLOVES (Syzygiumaromaticum/
Eugenia caryophillata)
Spice native to the archipelago
Before modern times, cloves grew
only on five islands in the
Moluccas: Ternate, Tidore, Moti,
Makianand Bacan. The oldest
archaeological finds on the
whereabouts of cloves (1721 BC): a
handful of cloves were found
inside a ceramic container that is
burned in the Syrian desert ;
known as pimento Puzurum
Reference oldest clove credible
coming from the Han dynasty in
China (206 BC -220 AD): used to
freshen breath palace people in
order to meet with the Emperor.

8. NUTMEG AND MACE (Myristica
Fragrans)
Spice native to the archipelago
Found on the island of Banda
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum
zeylanicum): Native Plants Sri
Lanka Allied with cassia / Chinese
cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
Ginger (Zingiberofficinale): Spices
most easily bred