Natural flavors include animal flavors and plant flavors, usually mixtures containing a variety of fragrance ingredients. Natural spices are derived from the gonad secretions or pathological secretions of certain animals, such as musk, civet, castoreum and ambergris. Plant flavors are processed from the flowers, leaves, fruits, seeds, roots, stems, bark or secretions of plants.
Basil and Spring onion are commonly used herbs in cooking
Herbs
Herbs (English: herbs), also known as spice plants, refer to plants used in food, condiments, medicines and spices because of their aroma.
Distinguish between herb vanilla and spice in English. Generally, herbs use the green leaves or flowers of the plant (which may be fresh or dried), while spices use other parts of the plant, such as seeds, berries, bark, roots and fruits, and most of them are dried. Use later. Herb in botany refers to all herbs, whether or not they can be used as spices. Medicinal herbs are also called herb in English, but include leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, bark, vascular cambium, resin and peel of medicinal plants.
A spice market in Istanbul.Casablanca Night Spice Market
History
As early as 5000 BC, the Sumerians were using herbs in medicine. The ancient Egyptians used fennel, coriander and thyme around 1555 BC. In 162 AD, an ancient Greek physician named Galen was known for his use of complex herbs containing a combination of 100 ingredients.
Herbs (English: herbs), also known as spice plants, refer to plants used in food, condiments, medicines and spices because of their aroma.
Herb and Spice
Distinguish between herb and spice in English. Generally, herbs use the green leaves or flowers of the plant (which may be fresh or dried), while spices use other parts of the plant, such as seeds, berries, bark, roots and fruits, and most of them are dried. Use later. Herb in botany refers to all herbs, whether or not they can be used as spices. Medicinal herbs are also called herb in English, but include leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, bark, vascular cambium, resin and peel of medicinal plants.
Spice plants used in cooking
Different spice plants and vegetables are used in cooking. Cooking spice plants, like spices, are used in small amounts in cooking, mainly to add the smell of food. Most cooking spice plants can also be eaten, but that is not the main reason for adding them to cooking.
Spice plants may be perennials like thyme or lavender, biennials like parsley, or annuals like basil. Perennial herbs may not be herbs but shrubs like rosemary or trees like laurel. Some plants may be herbs or spices, such as dill leaves and dill seeds, or coriander leaves and coriander seeds. Some mint plants are also used as spice plants and medicinal herbs.
Religious use
Spice plants are also used in many religions, such as myrrh and frankincense in Greek religions, nine-herb magic in Anglo-Saxon pagans, ninja leaves, mandarin leaves, turmeric and cannabis in Hinduism, and Wicca in Wicca. White Sage The Rastafari movement also considers cannabis a sacred plant.
Siberian shamans also used spice plants in their religion. These plants may have been used to guide spiritual experiences in religious ceremonies or rites of passage. The Native American Cherokee people used white sage and cedar wood to cleanse the spirit.
List of culinary herbs and spices
This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring.
This list does not contain fictional plants such as aglaophotis, or recreational drugs such as tobacco. It also excludes plants used primarily for herbal teas or medicinal purposes.