038 Spice - Worth Taking Over the World

So I'm reading along about the Spice Islands and start to wonder - was #Dune just Frank Herbert vibing out in Big University Archives and smoking too many clove ciggies? <br />But seriously, the world really did turn in on itself over the dried plant bits from a couple of islands between India and Australia. (Was it #Aliens? It wasn't Aliens.) But I will explain how the busiest place in the world in the 16th Century was a place that is really hard to get to even now, but has food you really want to try.<br /><br />The show notes will have spice lists in what looks like made-up languages, and a link to a PDF ( <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8102" rel="noopener">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8102</a> ) of the Forme of Cury.<br />Also - shoutout to @NYPL for having a bound version of this on display at 5th Ave - I got to see it!)<br /><br />Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle<br />Show Notes: <a href="https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener">https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com">TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com</a> <br />Twitter: @THoAFood<br />Instagram: @THoAFood