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How cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger became the scents of winter holidays, far from their tropical origins (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That reminds me the ginger I was growing in my yard. Just as a curiosity. It spread wonderfully in the summer... and when winter came it said "nope, screw this tsundere climate." [Protip: if your homeland's weather is a rollercoaster, don't bother growing ginger.]

Funnily enough even in my chunk of the southern hemisphere those spices end a bit associated with winter, I believe. June and its mulled wine (or mulled rum for some - I find it distasteful, but you do you).