Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads

[veti]

The critical line from the Wikipedia page was "It is often claimed that spices were used either as food preservatives or to mask the taste of spoiled meat, especially in the European Middle Ages.^[16][20] This is false.^{[21][22][23][16]}". Note that of the four sources cited in support of "This is false", three are specifically about the Middle Ages and the fourth is a more general history of spices. None are specifically about modern usage.

They're specifically about the European Middle Ages. They would be poor sources for discussing usage in, say, South Asia.