European people used as much seasoning as they could get access to for most of history. Most of the time that was onions, garlic, mustard, and various other herbs and whatever that could be grown locally, but people generally used as much spice as they could afford and get access to. European food only became deliberately bland a like 200 years ago because of some weird bourgeois thing about poor people getting uppity if they ate spicy food or something, I can't remember the exact details.
But if you look at medieval recipes they use a startling amount of anise and stuff.
European people used as much seasoning as they could get access to for most of history. Most of the time that was onions, garlic, mustard, and various other herbs and whatever that could be grown locally, but people generally used as much spice as they could afford and get access to. European food only became deliberately bland a like 200 years ago because of some weird bourgeois thing about poor people getting uppity if they ate spicy food or something, I can't remember the exact details.
But if you look at medieval recipes they use a startling amount of anise and stuff.