[MR] Fw: Cool Site for children and things in a castle

[Lucinda Welenc]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:11:16 -0200
  "Lady Ro" <ladyro at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > C Brian Towey asked
>> >
>> > History or myth:

>> Heavy spices
>> > helped
>> > mask the taste of spoiled meat."
>> >
> The third sentence is false.  A rejoinder designed to 
>make those who purvey
> this falsity stop and think is. "Oh?  And pray tell, how 
>much spice would it
> take for YOU to eat spoiled meat?"

Mistress Jaelle's favorite rejoinder is "Do you know how 
much those things COST?"  Most spices were quite literally 
worth their weight in gold.  If pepper, cinnamon, cloves, 
ginger or nutmeg still cost $350-$400 an ounce, how much 
would you use?

Alanna
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