>>9348233>Spice is more common in warm climates because foods rot easier. Spice was purely to cover the taste of rotten meat. I like spicy food, but dont give me that bullshit lol.This is the common, white person argument against spice, but it's simply not true. Abundant tropical places give you the option of simply picking or collecting more fresh food, instead of eating rotten stuff. The consumption of rotten food is associated much more strongly with frozen places like Sweden, where they preserve and ferment many kinds of fish. In Iceland, they even have a fermented shark product called Hákarl which is reputed to be the most disgusting foodstuff in the world.
