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Another site, I was reading, it described salt as a "cheap and abundant spice". Is salt a spice?--[[User:Idun90|Idun90]] ([[User talk:Idun90|talk]]) 17:43, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
:Not according to our [[spice]] article: "''A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, leaf, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for the purpose of flavour, colour, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth.''" <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 17:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)