What are y'all's opinions on Hobbits and Curries? Do you think they had access to the spices or possibly had alternates? ::is curious::

That's a very good question. I've been wondering about that myself. My opinion is that they probably had a lot of herbs and some spices, though not all necessarily the same ones we use nowadays.
I visited a few "old-fashioned" herb gardens (in museums and such) and it amazes me how few of those herbs I knew. And some I did know, but never realised they could be used for cooking.