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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]India is a hot climate and food can spoil quickly which is probably why they put tons of spices on it to mask any off flavors.[/quote]
Are you posting from 1850?[/quote]

It makes sense. Refrigeration is a modern invention and India is a third world country. The spiciest foods come from warmer climates, where spoilage is more likely.[/quote]

There's a difference between using something to prevent spoilage and using something to disguise spoilage. [/quote]

Yes, but you're splitting hairs. Spoilage happens in hot climates.  If I were poor and had a family to feed, and had some meat that was starting to go bad, I'd add spices.[/quote]

Yeah but clearly you haven't spent time in the developing world (lucky you). It's not America. It's not like people are going to Costco and piling up on weeks of meat and then it goes bad when the power goes out so they mask it w turmeric WTF?! It's more like Europe in the sense that people shop daily - whether you're rich or poor. Walmart and Costco aren't a concept though WMT exists now in big cities. So whatever you buy today, you cook today; this is in large part due to the heat/spoilage (and no you aren't buying spoiled meat from the butcher - if it looks/smells off, no one buys it and the butcher has to take the loss) and also bc it's a very expensive place where most people cannot buy $100 of food in one trip - so they buy what they need for today.[/quote]

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