SC - Re: saffron

[ChannonM at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/29/00 10:47:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:

<< Did I read this correctly 1oz of Saffron for $54.95? I knew it was an 
exotic
 spice, but "mein gott" the tariff on this must be tremendous.  That is a
 huge price to pay for a spice.
 
 Thorbjorn >>

During demos I put out spices that are common to medieval Europe and our 
recipes. When I have a spectator, I will explain that saffron is one of the 
rarest spices in the world. I explain that today I pay $2.99 per gram,which 
if converted into medieval dollars is about (based on a reference I do not 
have  any longer, so please forgive me) 100 times that or $300 for the same 
in period.

Wow,  huh!?

Hauviette