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By ad hoc (Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 04:49:50 PM EST) (all tags)

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Dried morel mushrooms: $244.99/lb

(while supplies last)

Poll: most expensive food

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Mushrooms aren't food (n/t) by jimgon (4.00 / 2) #1 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 04:57:39 PM EST

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"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Are too! by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #2 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 05:05:00 PM EST

Food of the gods.

How can you run for office with a position like that?
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Remember the broccoli incident (nt) by spacejack (4.00 / 1) #11 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 07:00:54 PM EST

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Fanatic by jimgon (4.00 / 1) #14 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 07:45:26 PM EST

You'll never see reason.

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Anti-funguscist! by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #15 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 07:47:41 PM EST

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That's right by jimgon (4.00 / 1) #16 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 07:49:50 PM EST

I don't eat aquatic bugs either. Someone needs to hold higher standards. It's simply not right for human beings to eat so low on the food chain.

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: I weep for society. by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #17 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 07:52:22 PM EST

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Bah by debacle (4.00 / 2) #3 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 05:21:53 PM EST

Paying that much for anything you plan on shitting out eventually is insane.

Also, I have no WIPO.

"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

Truffles by The Fool (4.00 / 2) #4 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 05:21:54 PM EST

Or, if you're in the mood for really expensive, try buying a pound of saffron strands.

Ah yes, saffron by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #6 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 05:44:19 PM EST

I've never seen truffles in a food store, though.
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The flagship Wegmans in Rochester has them by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #9 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 06:29:20 PM EST

in a locked, plexiglass box, on a bed of white rice.

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: Here too by debacle (4.00 / 1) #10 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 06:54:59 PM EST

I never looked to see if there was a lock on the box.
"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

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Then again by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #8 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 06:01:01 PM EST

you don't really eat saffron. At least not like mushrooms or truffles. It's a flavouring.
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mmmm, morels. by toxicfur (4.00 / 1) #5 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 05:26:02 PM EST

I've actually been keeping my eyes out for dried morels, but I haven't seen any in our regular grocery stores.

WIPO: Saffron, which is usually around $1,000/lb.
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: Whole Foods by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #7 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 05:46:42 PM EST

Westland Ave. Across from the cheese.
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Define "edible" by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #12 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 07:14:35 PM EST

Some people cook with gold leaf...though I don't know if something that just inertly passes through your digestive system counts as "edible".
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It would have to have some by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #13 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 07:30:09 PM EST

redeeming culinary value.

Gold is just decorative. You could eat marbles and ball bearings too, but those wouldn't count either.

The verdict is not in on paste.
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Well technically by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #19 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 09:17:49 PM EST

If you ate ball bearings, you'd get something out of the iron.
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: It would pass too quickly by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #21 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 11:38:56 PM EST

to be of any value. Unless it got stuck. Or it was a ceramic bearing.
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Counting booze? by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #18 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 08:32:15 PM EST

A 1937 Glenfiddich will set you back £10,000 which, using the rates used thus far, works out at £422.48($822.96) per fl.oz (US).

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: No, I was thinking food by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #20 Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 11:18:39 PM EST

There are some pretty pricey wines and other liquor as well (although this one seems to be more about the bottle).
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WIPO: by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #22 Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 04:08:12 AM EST

Black Sea 000 BELUGA Malossol
$3945 / lb

Ah, caviar! by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #23 Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 09:37:38 AM EST

I forgot about that, too.

Beluga is illegal in the US, so you wouldn't be able to get it here.
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Is that like the Chicago by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #24 Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 05:06:25 PM EST

ban on foie gras?

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: I don't think so by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #25 Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 06:06:24 PM EST

Fois gras is a "humanitarian" concern.
The caviar ban is because Beluga Sturgeon is a threatened species.
But reading that, it's not illegal to have it, it's illegal to import it from the Caspian Sea. If you have sturgeon you imported before 2005, you can harvest caviar from them. But all of those permits expire in April 2007, so there won't be any after that, though existing stocks may be sold within your won state. (Yeesh! Two year old fish eggs?!?!?!)
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are we talking food we've actually bought? by Dr H0ffm4n (2.00 / 0) #26 Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 11:51:44 AM EST

No by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #27 Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 01:18:10 PM EST

I'd rather not mortgage the house.
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if we count saffron it wins as a common ingredient by Dr H0ffm4n (2.00 / 0) #28 Sat Feb 24, 2007 at 06:18:53 AM EST

$15 per gramme is not unreasonable for good saffron (that's easily more expensive than gold).

Seeing as this is Husi though, I feel I must mention pie.

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: Granted, it's arbitrary by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #29 Sat Feb 24, 2007 at 10:03:39 AM EST

but I sort dismissed saffron since you don't really sit down and eat a plate of saffron.
That sounds like an awesome pie!
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