just asked a guy in the store where the spice aisle was and remembered people used to fight actual wars for ginger and shit. anyway, 4 bucks an ounce at publix today.
One of the more amusing sayings I’ve encountered is the Dutch one “peper duur” (pepper expensive), meaning something very pricey. They still use the phrase all these centuries after pioneering the trade in it. http://www.stevenroyedwards.com/peperduur.html
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it take the Dutch 350 years to colonialize Indonesia, after taking all the spices back to Europe
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