Quotes About Spices

The fleet would be called the Armada de Molucca, after the Indonesian name for the Spice Islands. The ships were mostly black—pitch black.

The fleet would be called the Armada de Molucca, after the Indonesian name for the Spice Islands. The ships were mostly black—pitch black. They derived their blackness, and their ominous aura, from the tar covering the hull

Magellan was to go in search of spices and lands, and nothing else, and when he reached the Spice Islands

The mere mention of their names—white and black pepper, myrrh, frankincense, nutmeg, cinnamon, cassia, mace, and cloves, to name a few—evoked the wonders of the Orient and the mysterious East.

European traders wishing to reach the Spice Islands previously had traveled east rather than west

he would complete the trip in a year or less and return with fresher, more potent spices.

he would be able to turn west toward the Spice Islands;

On April 6, after more than three months of repairs, she finally weighed anchor and unfurled her sails. The ship carried a full load of spices, one thousand quintals of cloves—fifty tons!—more than enough to justify the expense of the entire voyage.

The lure of spices impelled sober, cautious financiers to back highly risky expeditions to unknown parts of the globe

If a sailor devoted years of his life to getting there and back, and if he managed to bring home a small sack stuffed with spices

Portugal was the first European nation to exploit the sea for spices and the global empire that went along with them.

predicted that it would take him at most two years to reach the Spice Islands and return to Spain with ships bulging with precious cargo.

set sail for the Spice Islands.

Turmeric or cinnamon? Nuts or raisins? The players may change, but the fundamentals of fluffy, fragrant pilaf are always the same.

My favorite kind of food is Jamaican food, obviously. Beef patty, chicken patty.

Elevating baked eggs to exotic, spice-laden heights, Australians have come a long way since the days of only knowing Middle Eastern cuisine to be dried-out pucks of falafel, or the occasional late-night kebab.

Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby.

There's no such thing as too much garlic.

white beans, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil, all mixed together with lime juice, olive oil, and cayenne pepper

We light the candle and ask the Lord Jehovah to illuminate the week ahead. We sprinkle spices into the flame and remind ourselves that the Sabbath should remain a sweet scent in our lives, flavoring the days to come.

My favorite splurges are cheese pizza with hot peppers, Haagen-Dazs maple-walnut ice cream, Giant brand ice cream sandwiches, and fire sticks - those hot candies the size of a three-inch ruler.

A molcajete is a stone mortar and pestle from Mexico. They're great for grinding spices and making salsa and guacamole because they give everything a nice coarse and rustic feel. I've never collected anything, but I think I might start collecting these because each one is decorated differently.

Herbs? Herbs are from the leaves and stems of plants. Spices, on the other hand, are from the root, bark, and seeds.

I love a good, old-fashioned sliced apple sprinkled with salt and cinnamon, and sometimes cayenne, to enhance the flavor and give it a kick.