Re: herbs and spices; OT

one of the more interesting things to me is i have a mind set about the word "spice." i expect a spice to have a flamboyant flavor. the problem i have then is explaining a sesame seed, the blandest of all edibles.


At 02:11 PM 12/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
David Franzman wrote:
In general though herbs are leafy plants whose leaves are used either whole or
crushed. A spice is a seed or bark of certain or plants. I can't think of an
exception to that right now but I'm sure there are some.
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Hmm. I agree, but at that rate Tea is an herb and Coffee a spice...
-jrf
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Jim Fisher
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