"-bwg" > wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> I'll let you know tomorrow night. I'm headed off for the monthly Very
>> Large
>> Grocery Hunt (as compared to the small weekly hunts). If, when I tally up
>> everything, I can still bring myself to buy saffron for $863.94 an ounce
>> or
>> whatever it is, I'm going to make that dish.
>
> I was in a CVS pharmacy a couple months ago. The unit price listed for
> Abreva cold sore medication was $3,398 per pound. The cashier didn't
> get the joke.
>
> -bwg
>

I ended up not making the dish. By the time I got to the spice aisle, the
tally was enormous, so there was no way I was going to spend $15.00 for
three powdered flower stamens.