Tag: spices
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Provision Shop
“People in the older generation still buy all the individual ingredients to make soups and curries— they know the recipes well and have more time to cook, but younger people prefer using premade mixes where the spices are already combined. They are busier, and maybe they are not as familiar with the recipes. So we sell…
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What do you sell, O ye merchants?
The markets offer a close and fierce intimacy with the traders who sell their wares. This 19th century poem captures the thrilling encounter with objects foreign and familiar while strolling through the colourful chaos of a bazaar. In The Bazaars of Hyderabad What do you sell, O ye merchants? Richly your wares are displayed, Turbans of crimson and silver, Tunics of…
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