On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:34:08 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:09:56 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>> > I think we know, but for us 'spices' also in a sort of generic way
>> > covers herbs. I'd not say 'add the following 3 herbs (listing them
>> > and amount) then the followng 3 spices (listing them and amount)
>> > but say 'add the following 6 spices' (and list the herbs and spices
>> > with amounts). I guess it's a bit lazy but really common to do.
>> >
>> > My mind says a leaf is an herb, and a seed, pollen or bark is a
>> > spice. Not sure where flowers or garlic bulbs might classify but
>> > I'd lean to herb for a flower and spice for a bulb.
>>
>> I don't think garlic is a spice. I think it's a vegetable. (I say this
>> in a very unpedantic manner.)
>
>I think once dried, it is added generically to the group we'd say is a
>'spice'. That doesnt mean it is right or wrong, just how people
>commonly use it here.

Yes, dried they seem closer to a spice.