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Moroccan Spices

Morocco is known extremely well for its spices. They have a very broad variety of them and go through them very fast. This is because they use them on all kinds of foods, from meats and fish to vegetables and rice mixtures. The spices make all Moroccan foods have a taste of their own. It is a rarity to find any food without spices on it in Morocco. Spices in Morocco are like french fries in America, they are always with your meals no matter what it is and you just cannot resist them.

Moroccan first became the home of spices when the Arabs brought them over to Morocco. They brought them over when they came through northern Africa in 640 AD. Since then, Moroccans relied on those spices for great tasting food and its own style of cuisine. Spices in the house of a Moroccan family is like milk in the house of an American family. They are crucial in many recipes to give that recipe its own unique taste.

A few common spices in Morocco are cinnamon, cumin, turmeric, ginger, pepper, paprika, sesame seeds, black pepper, white pepper, kosher or coarse salt, and saffron.