On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:59:06 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/22/2017 11:39 AM, cshenk wrote:
>> Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:48:56 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >>>>
>>>> On 6/21/2017 8:33 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>>>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Gary" wrote in message news >>>>>> On 6/21/2017 10:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>> When Dad was 83, Mom had a hard time getting him to eat. (It
>>> didn't >>>> help that he had Alzheimers.) There was nothing wrong
>>> with her pot >>>> roast, mashed potatoes and green beans. But she
>>> never really made >>>> much use of herbs and spices.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No offense to Mom but that comment right there explains why he
>>> didn't >>> care to eat her food. No herbs or spices? Bland crappy
>>> food, imo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why? Not everyone likes spices you know!
>>>>>
>>>>> (fixed minor typo above).
>>>>>
>>>>> It may be a language thing here but you seem to relate the word
>>>>> 'spices' to 'spicy' and mean hot. USA/Canada folks don't mean that
>>> when >> they says 'spices' in the same way you might be thinking.
>>> Sure, we >> might but it's not automatic.
>>>>>
>>>> Surely you know by now Ophelia and her husband don't like pepper. I
>>>> don't mean chili peppers, just plain ground pepper, which is a
>>>> spice.
>>>>
>>>> To me, life without pepper would be very bland indeed. But we
>>>> can't all like the same things.
>>>
>>> I think I could live without spices.
>>
>> Yeah, but would you enjoy it as much? ;-)
>>
>>
>Since Bruce is a pesceterian it would probably be pretty darn bland.

I don't think we use any spices with fish, except pepper. Who uses
cinnamon, cloves, mace etc... with fish?