Re: Re: [dq-rules] Bulltypo?

[Rodger Thorm <dqn@earthlink.net>]

Take a look at it in your local market next time you go.  My local prices (US$) are:
  oranges ~$1 per pound
  saffron ~$16.50 per .06 oz
    that works out to $275/oz or $4400/pound
  gold ~ $365/oz

Saffron today is still a pretty pricey commodity.  And it is still hand gathered, which contributes to its high cost.

I'm not sure who put together the price list you were looking at.  Several compiled price lists are out there.  The one I created for "Poor Brendan's Almanac" has oranges for 5sp/pound and rare spices (including saffron) average price of 100gs/pound (which is 1200sp/pound).

  --RT

-------Original Message-------
From: Bruce Probst <bprobst@netspace.net.au>
Sent: 05/31/03 03:05 AM
To: dq-rules@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [dq-rules] Bulltypo?

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> On Fri, 30 May 2003 12:00:40 -0400, Jim Goltz <goltz@mmert.org> wrote:

>Some of the other prices seem unusually low, though. How does a pound
>of oranges end up costing less than a half-pound of saffron?!

In medieval times saffron was extremely expensive.  It's hand-gathered by
a
quite slow and arduous process.  It was worth its weight in gold for its
delicate flavour and for its food colouring properties.

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