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Indian cuisine, I think, uses a lot of root herbs like tumeric and maybe 
ginger, along with some seed type herbs like cumin.  But the big 
"pepper" in India was pepper nigrum, what we call black pepper.

Marie McHarry wrote:
>  On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:38 PM,  <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
>
> > No, all the peppers are New World. Eggplant is most closely related to
> > nightshade.
>
> One wonders then what Indian cuisine was like before peppers. Tomatoes
> also, I've always believed to be New World. I've been mildly curious
> about the development of food in various parts of the world but too
> lazy to track it all down. I suppose I will start with Google and see
> what I can find, but if you have any more information on the subject,
> I'm listening. It seems odd to me that eggplant was around in the
> Mideast for so long and peppers were a late arrival.
>
> Marie
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