[Sca-cooks] Spices was licorice,

[Terry Decker]

Hmmm, may I point out that while saffron is not a seed plant, safflower is,
and was known and used in period.

Bear

>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