[Sca-cooks] Spices was licorice,

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 07:07 PM 2/23/2004, you wrote:
>Funny these should come up because I read a historical novel just a few
>months ago that takes place after 1066 and around the time Rufus' hunting
>[accident] in which a man is sold some seeds to grow saffron with the
>promise it will be the harvest of the future

Heh. But saffron doesn't come from seeds... ;-)

'Lainie
-who is working on a novel herself and hoping to not make boneheaded 
mistakes...
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