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Empires were built, wars fought, and continents found chasing flavor you now ignore in the cabinet.
worth goldPepper once paid rents and ransoms in Europe
trade routesThe Silk Road moved spices, not just silk
columbus errorHe sailed west hunting spices, hit America instead
preservation trickSpices masked and slowed rot before refrigeration
nutmeg warHolland traded Manhattan for one nutmeg island