SC - In need of a documented Rant on "highly spided spoiled food "
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 27 08:31:34 PDT 2001
>Here's canned rant on the economics of spice consumption from a Canadian
>professor: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/munro5/SPICES1.htm
>He compares modern Indian and medieval French recipes.
I have one question based on the article:
In his chart of the cost of units of commonly used items, he gives
the price of cloth by the yard - that's certainly how i buy cloth - i
need multiple yards to make a single garment.
But his unit for spices is a pound. I've only bought that amount of
cinnamon and ginger for a feast. I know we're different here on this
list, but most people in modern times buy spices by the ounce (or
less - ever notice how much is in one of those containers at the
supermarket?). Did most people actually buy spices primarily by the
pound (or regional-temporal equivalent) in the Medieval and
Renaissance periods, or did they buy ounces (or regional-temporal
equivalent)?
Anahita
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