SC - FW: Spices Used as a Form of Currency?

Tue May 30 21:53:03 PDT 2000

In a message dated 5/30/00 6:54:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, harper at idt.net 
writes:

> One thing he had was lavender.  
>  I was intrigued, because I'd never seen food-safe lavender for sale.

I've actually never seen "non-food-safe" lavender....Does anyone have any 
info on a species of lavender which is not safe for food?

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Mr. Wizard, what happens when you combine pasta and antipasta?