[Sca-cooks] Strange request - Squid Liver Powder

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 09:48 PM 2/7/2005, you wrote:
>Hosting the Florilegium I sometimes get rather unusual offers or requests. 
>Some folks don't seem to investigate very thoroughly what their search 
>engine found, since I don't sell any product. I end up reading most of 
>them simply because it might be someone asking for information, such as 
>the school kid who asked me to "send him everything I had on medieval 
>food". Here is one I got today which piques my curiosity:
>>Could you quote for us the delivery of Squid Liver Powder: 350MT 
>>delivered on 9 months in Bandar Abbas, Iran.  Could you send us the 
>>complete specification of your product.
>>
>>Ara you also able to provide shrimp meal (Virus free guaranty by 
>>independant lmaboratory)?  If yes we would like interested to receive an 
>>offer for 650 MT on 9 months CIF Bandar Abbas.  In this case could you, 
>>please, send us also the complete specification of your product.
>
>Anyone have any idea what they would want the Squid Liver Powder for?

Helifino. I really want to know how you can tell is an 'lmaboratory' is 
dependent or not. Do they mean financially independent, or living on its 
own in a basement apartment?

(And do you know how big 350MT is?!?!? that is a LOT of squid liver!

'Lainie
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