Spice

Spice was a broad term for a variety of seeds, roots, and bark that were primarily used for seasoning or flavoring food.

Varieties
Spices used throughout Toril included the following:
 * Awana, a spice that was endemic to the island of the same name.
 * Basil
 * Benzoin
 * Calamus
 * Camphor
 * Cannella
 * Cardamon
 * Cassia
 * Chilis
 * Cinnamon, otherwise known as Cannella
 * Citronella
 * Clove
 * Cocoa
 * Coffee
 * Cubeb
 * Curry
 * Fagara
 * Fire lichen, a spice that was endemic to the Underdark.
 * Galingale
 * Ginger
 * Ginseng
 * Mace
 * Mingari, a spice that was endemic to Ulgarth.
 * Myrrh
 * Nutmeg
 * Panjar, a spice that was endemic to Tymanther.
 * Paprika
 * Pepper
 * Saffron
 * Sesame
 * Tanbark
 * Turmeric
 * Vanilla, a spice that was endemic to Maztica.
 * Zedoary

History
Around 1359 DR, the following spices were known to be carried by caravans along the Spice Road: Camphor, Caramon, Ginseng, Myrrh, Nutmeg, and Saffron.

Around 1367 DR, a trio of traveling merchants that hailed from Anauroch were trading a variety of spices in Shadowdale in return for silver. Some of their spices included curry, pepper, and rock salt.

For many decades the four rival trading families of Marsember shipped spices to and from lands all across the Inner Sea. Over time they became the city's main export and earned it the moniker "City of Spices." In the years leading up to 1370 DR their dominance in the spice trade waned as other kingdoms started getting involved in exporting condiments to the Sword Coast, such as Westgate and Nimpeth.

Around 1370 DR, Mithral Hall's alliances with surface kingdoms allowed for the importation of many spices that were once unknown to denizens of the Underdark.

Usage

 * The tastebuds of elves generally could not handle heavy spices.
 * In the city of Drik Hargunen cooks and brewers were known to use a variety of poisons to spice their food.