Spices: The Taste Of Life!!

Spices are indispensable in almost every grub,

They can not be disdained.

They are indeed unsurpassed,

Without spices, without being relished, we unfailingly complain.

The initial one is star anise pod,

Procured from Latin anisum or Greek anison.

In accordance with the folk physic practices, it is utilized to make tisanes,

Which is lionized to ameliorate constipation.

Star anise pod is saccharine,

It has mostly six to eight nibs.

It is not scintillating just like a star,

It makes our victuals succulent even for small bairns in cribs.

Extant in star anise pods are anise seeds,

Employed in the fruit fillings in a moreish tart.

These seeds can help in eupepsia,

They are existent in every viand mart.

A sole seed is present in a pod,

These seeds can keep us robust.

Anise seeds obviate pullulation of fungi and bacteria,

Some eat these seeds, while some degust.

Subsequent to these seeds is cardamom,

Reaped from Latin cardamōmum.

They are of two varieties, viridescent and ebony and to acquire this,

We go to jebels and feral woodlands where trees are in a clump.

The pastel green cardamoms have a frangible whiff,

While the Stygian ones have a tang which is smoky.

As per the bygone Egyptians,

They are used as Listerine but are not showy.

The third one is cinnamon,

Gleaned from hoary French cinnamome and Greek kinnámōmon.

It is fulgent golden-yellow or wan brown,

Lilliputian and lucrative, just like a titchy lemon.

Cinnamons have a pungent bouquet,

They also help to bring the face's integument on fleek.

It too can mitigate blood pressure,

Its savour is most unique.

The sterling turmeric succeeding cinnamon,

Sprung from terra merita whose elucidation is exemplary Earth.

It has a mustard-like nose,

When we amalgamate it with milk, we drink it with mirth.

In the yore, it was a remedy,

For wrenches and swellings. 

But till today it is an exalted herb,

It is still abiding in virtually all dwellings.

The upcoming one is clove,

It is profound brown or sable,

Indonesia is rife with it.

Howbeit it is alible, as mentioned is the forgone fables.

It is lofty in antioxidants,

Cloves are utilitarian and nutritious.

But if we manducate it in inordinate amounts,

It can be deleterious.

The unembellished ones are cumin seeds,

They look like a spice which is quotidian.

But they have anti-cancer properties,

And are champed even in the Caribbean.

India's vocation to become a cumin businesswoman,

Has been burgeoned and attained.

Cumin is indeed a beezer spice,

This spice is salient and by India, it has been obtained.

Mustard seeds are contiguous to cumin seeds,

They are the oilseeds that are pivotal.

These seeds are bijou,

They are also ancestral.

They help to escalate metabolism,

And are minuscule and efficacious.

They are unrivalled oil seeds,

Mustard seeds are ambiguous.

Caraway seeds, Cassias, Cayennes,

Spices are multitudinous.

They are also multifarious,

Spices are sumptuous and have a great abundance.