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As it happens, I am enslaved aboard the dhow.
As it happens, I am enslaved aboard the dhow.


But it's okay, I will be traded for two bales of fine wool, so at least I will have a European master again.
But it's okay, I will be traded for two bales of fine wool, so at least I will have a Christian master again.
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File:Cardamom - Spice Me Up Before You Go-Go.jpg|link=Spice Me Up Before You Go-Go|'''[[Spice Me Up Before You Go-Go]]'''" (better known as "'''Cardamom'''") is a song by the spice trader duo '''Whom?'''
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1389946407503765510 Post] @ Twitter (5 May 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1389947593367687170 Post] @ Twitter (5 May 2021)


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[[Category:Essays by Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Spices (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 05:00, 9 September 2022

Cardamom, Spice of Spices.

"Cardamom, Spice of Spices" is a short essay by Karl Jones.

Cardamom, Spice of Spices

Cardamom, Spice of Spices!

I wish I were on an Arab dhow full of cardamom right now, headed for Genoa (circa 1489).

As it happens, I am enslaved aboard the dhow.

But it's okay, I will be traded for two bales of fine wool, so at least I will have a Christian master again.

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Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (5 May 2021)