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This site was designed and built to be your quick online spice and herb resource. We all lead busy lives, so we know you don’t have the time to search through a bunch of sites and books to find helpful information on herbs and spices you’re using every day. At WikiSpices.com you get quick clear answers for what you want to know, right now. We get you back to your cooking! List - Names of Spices and Herbs
Grains of Paradise - Melegueta Pepper, Ginger Root, Sumac spice, Saffron spice, Nutmeg, Cardamom spice, Cumin spice, and Vanilla Beans, are just a few of the hundreds of spices and herbs flavoring the world’s foods. Love cooking with herbs and spices? Want to learn more about spices and their uses? At Wikispices.com you can find quick concise answers to your most burning (sorry, had to go there) questions: Why are Saffron spice and Cardamom Spice so expensive? What are the most popular 11 herbs and spices? How long do spices last?
WikiSpices.com is arranged so that you can quickly find helpful information about everyday spices and herbs. Each spice or herb has its own page that starts with a section called "Quick Notes" which provides answers to your most common questions. See the following example for Grains of Paradise - Melegueta Pepper: ------------------------------ What Are Grains of Paradise - Melegueta Pepper? (quick description): Grains of Paradise - Melegueta Pepper are closely related spices that are also called Guinea Pepper or Alligator Pepper. They are related to ... Pictures of Grains of Paradise - Melegueta Pepper: (photos of dry and/or fresh spices): What is the Origin of These Spices?: They are indigenous to ... Grains of Paradise - Melegueta Pepper Are Good for These Foods (cuisines): They are used primarily ... What Are the Health Benefits of Grains of Paradise - Melegueta Pepper? These spices have properties that help ease ... ------------------------------- Join the fun and cook up helpful dialog by submitting your own WikiSpices.com content pages and comments for publication on our site. Or, suggest which spices and herbs you would like to see highlighted in our monthly eZine WikiSpices.com’s "Spotlight On Spices." In every edition, our eZine "Spotlight On Spices" highlights one spice or herb ("The Spice of Life"), and has short articles on others that are currently newsworthy. "Spicy Tidbits" (news in the world of spices, such as recalls, and cooking and baking tips), Spice Merchants and other resources. Stay in the know and get the latest information on everyday spices and herbs. WikiSpices.com’s blog "Everyday Spices" – with almost daily entries provides the latest spicy news. Don't forget to bookmark this site. You'll want to come back again and again. Or, maybe you would like to share this site with your family and friends by linking to it. If so, just copy and paste the link below into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, your Facebook or MySpace accounts, or anywhere that someone would find this site helpful. Or, see the "Pay it forward" link options at the very bottom of this page. http://www.wikispices.com
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Spice Trivia
Do you know these fun facts about spices and herbs?
Black Pepper is the most popular spice in the world
Cumin is the second most popular spice in the world
By weight, Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world.
Vanilla Bean and Cardamom are expensive spices too. Both are hand-harvested and require much manual labor
Nutmeg is not a nut. It is the seed/pit of a fruit.
Mace is the outer covering on Nutmeg. It is called a blade.
Cilantro and Coriander are from the same plant. Cilantro is the leaf, and coriander is the seed.
There are almost one million seeds in one pound of Poppy Seeds.
