"James Silverton" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Giusi wrote on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:51:06 +0200:
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>> "Frank103" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>> I was wondering what is the most expensive food you buy. The most I pay
>>> is $16.99 for a pound of lump crab meat from
>>> Costco. It's blue swimming crab from Indonesia distributed by
>>> Philips Food. Great taste. I'm told that Sam's Club also
>>> sells it.
>
>> Hands down, it is white truffle in season. The cheapest ever was 1000
>> euro per kilo wholesale from my neighbor and it is
>> often more even to double that. It's a very good thing that
>> one generally needs only 50 to 65 grams of it.
>
> If you can cite truffles (and they are fiendishly expensive), perhaps
> another flavoring agent, saffron ($16,000 /lb), might be a candidate. This
> season's prices for fresh salmon ($25/lb)or even Osetra caviar ($2400/lb)
> don't compare.

I don't pay all that much for saffron but I don't know how much I do pay.
It should be and probably is expensive, but I hadn't thought of it as a
food.
Hate caviar. Love lobster but at 58 euro a kilo, I don't eat it.