When did Europeans begin to use "Curry powder" in their food? and how they...

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...became introduced to them? also, which countries first saw Curry powder ? how it was made and what were its known health benefits?

HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW MUCH DESIRED? WHY IT COULDNT BE MADE IN EUROPE?
please explain what you can.

thanks for your answers!
WHEN DID THE AVERAGE PERSON GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND BUY "CURRY POWDER" AS WELL AS CHINESE TEAS,,ETC IN ENGLAND OR OTHER COUNTRIES? WHICH TOWNS, CITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY AND HOW EXPENSIVE AGAIN AND WHY?

HOW DESIRED TOO?

and why? WHICH OTHER SPICES? AND WHY?

 

[old lady]

You aren't going to like the answer - but the reason people started using spices (including garlic and curry powder) was to cover up the taste of rotting food. Meat, in particular, did not keep well in the middle ages, as there was no refrigeration, so it started to go bad rather quickly. The taste and smell was covered up with spices.
Curry powder became readily available when trade routes were established with India - and the spices were literally worth their weight in gold. They were light weight, easy to transport, didn't spoil - and there was a huge market for them. The reason it couldn't be made in Europe is that the spices that go into the mixture don't all grow in Europe.

Same holds true with tea, which came from both China and India. It was light weight, easy to transport and sold at very good prices. The average person used herbal teas - with leaves they could gather in their own fields, but wealthy people could afford imported tea.