[Sca-cooks] nutmeg poisoning
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius1 at verizon.net
Wed Mar 4 03:59:00 PST 2009
On Mar 4, 2009, at 3:11 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Wow. And that wasn't a cheap cake, either. Nutmegs, although not as
> expensive as saffron, even per use are still fairly expensive.
> Especially if bought at the grocery store with only four or five per
> bottle. I believe I read somewhere that nutmeg was (one of?) the
> most expensive spices.
After saffron, I think vanilla and cardamom are most the notorious
"luxury" spices. Nutmeg isn't cheap, but I'm not sure if it's
considered expensive in spice terms.
Here's a random somebody's price list for spices (long pepper and
grains of paradise don't appear to be listed); I'm in no way endorsing
them, I just plucked them from The Googles as an example to show
prices per pound of different spices:
http://www.alternativescentral.com/pricelist-bulkherbsspicesA.htm
Adamantius
"Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls,
when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other people's
bellies."
-- Rabbi Israel Salanter
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