It’s really funny for me to see Gernot Katzers page linked on HN for something related to spices. I was a regular visitor to his site during my time in academia, looking up character tables for algebraic point groups used in molecular chemistry: http://gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com/character_tables/index...

Thank you for bringing this to the front page!

The thought process behind finding this went somewhat as follows:

iPod to iPhone transition gave more input devices (notes, camera) -> what about all senses? (eyes: camera/screen, ears: headphones/microphone, touch: touchscreen/vibration, nose: perfume, new box smell, mouth: food)

For people who don't like reading text (e.g. my girlfriend), could make a portable device for other things. That then led to thinking of a CD binder for scents that girls could swap in school not a shopping mall (and activate by just adding water). Google helped me find 68,000 fragrances categorised on https://www.fragrantica.com/

Then I searched with Google again, for an index of spices for taste. And found Gernot Katzer's index from 2002, so posted it here! Glad to see that you're also interested in making indexes :)

Wow. What a labor of love. It was particularly illuminating to see which spices that are "traditionally" used in some cuisines originated elsewhere (like Tamarind, a staple in South Indian cooking, is from East Africa)

Refreshing to read a web 1.0 site once in a while

True! It says "Modification date: 26 Oct 2002" at the bottom of this page:

http://gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com/engl/Spil_acm.html

Is the man still traveling? It says the last modification date was 2002 on the web1.0site

Very cool! For people interested in plants and where they come from, I’d recommend the youtube channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t

And for books I’ve been going through Botany In A Day and the really highly recommended Plant Systematics

Link to the referenced YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3CBOpT2-NRvoc2ecFMDCsA