The Sandwich Diaries: S1.E2. "Spice of Life"
And for this simple curing brine you'll only need to get your hands on: a beer, 3 different types of salts, and 20 different spices. I am pretty sure that in the days of yore you'd have to travel half the world, discover a new continent and colonise/murder the locals to achieve the same result as what Amazon delivery gets you in less than 24 hours. Now we have to make up weapons of mass destruction to invade a country.
It is gonna be a hard day remembering that asking people to smell my fingers comes off somewhat vulgar, but truly the symphony of smells and flavours is to be written legends about like Marco Polo has done.