By jillnorman in Herbs & Spices, Travel
The history of the spice trade is essentially about the quest for pepper. Peppercorns and long pepper (small spikes of tiny, grey-black fragrant fruits with a numbing aftertaste), native to the Malabar Coast of India, reached Europe some 3,000 years ago. The ports along the Malabar Coast traded with Egypt, Babylon, Greece and Rome, selling
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