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romance and even politics, since the beginning of the world—and even before.
For the ancient Assyrians contended that the gods met in council before the creation of the universe and hatched their plans over a few glasses of sesame-wine.
World Book Encyclopedia reports that the Queen of Sheba enticed Solomon with gifts of spices .and the Egyptians used them to preserve their dead.
The Romans and Greeks perfumed themselves with cinnamon and made love potions out of garlic. They fumigated their homes with thyme and planted parsley on graves.
Any boy knows he can catch a bird by sprinkling salt on its tail. Ancient fanners, however, were advised to use gallic. The seeds supposedly were scattered on the ground to be eaten by the birds, which fell asleep and were easily captured.
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