Re: herbs and spices; OT

Having had several days of trouble with the 'mail' function on OSX, including loss of 47 unread messages, I may be repeating information someone else has contributed, but I recall there was a question about turmeric. It is a seasoning (how's that for dodging the herb/spice conundrum?) made from the dried, ground rhizomes of Curcuma longa, a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaecea). It is also used to create yellow dye used for silk and carpets in the Indian subcontinent and surrounding countries.
Cathy

On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 05:03 PM, Kitty Morrissy wrote:

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.

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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
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 105 F [37 C], Min. -0 F [-17 C]

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