i like spicy food.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Many spices have antimicrobial properties. This may explain why spices are more commonly used in warmer climates, which have more infectious diseases, and why the use of spices is prominent in meat, which is particularly susceptible to spoiling. Spices are sometimes used in medicine, religious rituals, cosmetics or perfume production, or as a vegetable. The spice trade developed throughout South Asia and Middle East by at earliest 2000 BCE with cinnamon and black pepper, and in East Asia with herbs and pepper. The Egyptians used herbs for mummification and their demand for exotic spices and herbs helped stimulate world trade. The word \"spice\" comes from the Old French word \"espice\", which became \"epice\", and which came from the Latin root \"spec\", the noun referring to \"appearance, sort, kind\": \"species\" has the same root. By 1000 BCE, medical systems based upon herbs could be found in China, Korea, and India. Early uses were connected with magic, medicine, religion, tradition, and preservation.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love spicy foods! Spices come from fruits, roots, bark, or seeds. They are used for coloring or to add flavor to food."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's awesome, I'm also a big fan of spicy foods. There is so much variety in spices."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There are very many spices! They are separate from herbs which are the the flowers and leaves of plants and often used as garnishes."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I did not know that. Do you happen to know where they come from?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Warmer climates are where most spices are found. Warmer climates have more disease and the uses of spices is used in meat which is prone to spoilage."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Ahh, that would make sense I suppose. I live in an area with a colder climate, so they must be far away from me."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You can also find spices in religious ceremonies, cosmetics, perfumes and medicine. What part of the world do you come from?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am from Canada, many spices are imported here I would suppose. Yes, spices are used in more than just cooking!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "All the way back to the Egyptians, they used herbs for mummification and their need for spices was a major part of world trade."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, there's much more to learn about spices than I previously knew, that's amazing."}]