Robertsons Herbs and Spices is Durban-based company (Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa) with a phone number 0860331441 and categorized under Cookery. The company has a web site: www.robertsons.co.za. Herbs and Spices. Since time immemorial herbs have been popular, not only in the preparation of food, but also in medical, cosmetic and religious use. Primitive man used natural plant substances to decorate and protect his face and body..
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He also depended on living plants and wild animals for his food. And gradually, through trial and error, learned which herbs were good to eat and which had healing or helpful properties.Ancient Egyptians used herbs and clay around their eyes and lips as a cosmetic as well as for protection. Cleopatra later refined this practice to an art! Stories were told of Pharaohs feeding garlic and onion to slaves, who built pyramids, to give them stamina and energy and to ward off diseases..
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The Ancient Greeks were fond of mixing herbs in their bathwater of r the pleasant aroma and students used to place rosemary wreaths on their heads as they believed this would increase their memory and powers of concentration..
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In Europe, during the Middle Ages, mothers were said to have stitched cloves of garlic into their children’s clothing to protect them against epidemics throughout the long winter months. Sage was used to whiten the teeth and thyme and rosemary sprinkled over floors to perfume and disinfect rooms..
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Many herbs have a turbulent history of love and passion, but perhaps the most well to known is basil. In Keat’s poem “Isabella, or Pot or Basil”, Isabella kept the head of her murdered lover in a pot of Basil and watered it with her tears! .
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However, since these times, the use of herbs as a food flavouring has increased and there is seldom a recipe that does not include a variety.. . Spices. Since 1924 our Robertsons Spice Experts have journeyed around the world in search of only the finest and purest herbs & spices. .
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The knowledge of Herbs & Spices have been handed down through the generations and the Spice People at Robertsons have proven through the decades to deliver only the very best to its consumers they offer their consumers over 60 different types of flavours and flavour combinations..
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As a result, today Robertsons is South Africa’s biggest and best loved brand bringing the flavours of the world to our consumers spice racks.. . Types of Spices. The history of the spice trade dates back many centuries. The Scriptures contain references to spices in 1440 Before Christ of Ishmaelite merchants bearing spices on their way to Egypt..
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At the end of the sixth century, a prophet was born in Mecca. He later married a rich widow whose wealth came from the spice trade, and thereafter for several hundreds of years the Arabs were the masters of the lucrative, but dangerous spice trade, keeping secret the sources from where they came. Despite the incredible demand for spices in Europe, it wasn’t until Marco Polo ventured to the Far East that European merchants realized that these mysterious lands, which harboured the great riches of spices, could be reached by ship..
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It was during this period that spices made their most important contribution to history. They lured men like Christopher Columbus.
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into trying to find a sea route to the East and by sailing Westward, he eventually discovered South America. Magellan attempted to sail around the world and Bartholomew Diaz was sent by the Portuguese to find a roué to the East around Africa, and in 1488 discovered The Cape of Good Hope (the Cape of Storms)..
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Ten years later Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape and sailed to the East. Holland then sent Jan van Riebeeck out to establish a half to way station for the Dutch east India Company in the Cape, where he landed in 1652 and founded Cape Town. Through nearly four centuries, the major powers raced each other to the Orient and vied for control of the spice producing lands..
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Hence spices were gradually absorbed into the traditions and culinary delights of our daily life.. . Contact Person: Chris.
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