Re: herbs and spices; OT

Ah, possibly.  But with sesame you get texture.  There are several senses
for spices to exploit (say that 3 times fast!)
Kitty


> [Original Message]
> From: jim singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 12/30/2002 5:02:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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.
> >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >Hmm. I agree, but at that rate Tea is an herb and Coffee a spice...
> >-jrf
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