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Traditional New England cuisine is known for a lack of strong spices, which is because of local 19th century health reformers, most prominently Sylvester Graham, who advocated eating bland food. [3] Ground black pepper, parsley , garlic , and sage are common, with a few Caribbean additions such as nutmeg , plus several Italian spices.
Olive oil and wine (brought over to the colonies in large earthenware jars) were essential staples for any Spanish kitchen. Fruits (like peaches, figs, and watermelons), nuts and beans (like almonds, field peas, and garbonzo beans) and spices (like saffron, cinnamon, and different types of peppers) were brought to Florida from all over the world."
The Norman conquest introduced exotic spices into Great Britain in the Middle Ages. New foodstuffs have arrived over the millennia, from sausages in Roman times, and rice, sugar, oranges, and spices from Asia in the Middle Ages , to New World beans and potatoes in the Columbian exchange after 1492, and spicy curry sauces from India in the 18th ...
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Allspice, a spice originally from Jamaica, is an ingredient found in spice mixes in summer barbecues along with ginger, garlic, scotch bonnet peppers, sea salt, and nutmeg; in Floridian cooking this is often a variant of Jamaican jerk spice. Coconuts are grown in the areas surrounding Miami and are shipped in daily through its port for ...
2. KFC Chicken. The "original recipe" of 11 herbs and spices used to make Colonel Sanders' world-famous fried chicken is still closely guarded, but home cooks have found ways of duplicating the ...
The cuisine of the antebellum United States characterizes American eating and cooking habits from about 1776 to 1861. During this period different regions of the United States adapted to their surroundings and cultural backgrounds to create specific regional cuisines, modernization of technology led to changes in food consumption, and evolution of taverns into hotels led to the beginnings of ...
The Moluccas, often referred to as the "Spice Islands," were renowned for producing cloves, nutmeg, and mace—spices highly valued in Europe for their use in medicine, preservation, and flavoring food. Control over these islands meant access to immense wealth, making them a focal point of European colonial ambitions in the 16th and 17th centuries.