SC - Re: saffron
ChannonM at aol.com
ChannonM at aol.com
Wed Mar 29 16:13:26 PST 2000
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
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