DF: Treasures we want to see

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran

I think Low Tech has some lists of real world spices that would give some idea to compare fictional ones to.
My world has a semi-tropical tree bark spice in the same vein as cinnamon that my giant-ish species love more than 20 year old white women (and I) love pumpkin spice. Humans find it horribly bitter but sometimes an acquired taste.

And I think that Glittering Prizes covered some of this. The real problem with most of the items on the OPs list is that they're PERISHABLE and thus there's the question of what they're doing in the dungeon. Preserve Food (M79) can explain things a little bit, but not completly