{"id":271800,"date":"2022-03-10T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=271800"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:54:06","slug":"spices-through-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2022\/03\/10\/spices-through-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Spices through history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grade 4 students are learning about explorers at present.\u00a0 As part of this we have looked at the reasons that people explored and one of these was to trade with other people.\u00a0 Spice was an important thing that people wanted to buy from the far away countries in which they grew.<\/p>\n<p>Why spice?\u00a0 With no refrigerators, food often tasted bad and spice was a useful\u00a0 way to hide the bad taste,\u00a0 With no easy way to wash themselves, people also smelled bad.\u00a0 Again, spices were used to cover that smell,<\/p>\n<p>Grade 4 students made orange balls which they studded with cloves.\u00a0 These would have been hung in the house to help cover any bad smells there,<\/p>\n<p>What great fun we had.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/274.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-271804 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/274-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/274-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/274.jpg 320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/272.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-271802 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/272-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/272-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/272.jpg 320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/271.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-271801 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/271-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/271-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/03\/271.jpg 320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grade 4 students are learning about explorers at present.\u00a0 As part of this we have looked at the reasons that people explored and one of these was to trade with other people.\u00a0 Spice was an important thing that people wanted to buy from the far away countries in which they grew. 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