Which is the most expensive food item sold by pound?

[FL4ZGN]

Morning folks,

A mate and i had a discussion about the above over the weekend and he was fairly adamant that caviar was by far the most expensive food item sold by the pound.

I disagreed and said it was the spice saffron which comes from a crocus like flower. I remember seeing three strands of this on sale somewhere for around six euro.

So what i ask is.

1.Am i correct
2. Is he correct
3. Are we both incorrect

[doppellanger]

neither, it's unicorn

[YAKIMO]

Dear Yahoo!:Which is the most expensive food item sold by pound?Sumayya
Lombard, IllinoisDear Sumayya:Plenty of things scream luxury and excess: Bentleys, Tiffany, Versace... But when it comes to pimping your palate, the choices might not be as obvious. Luxury food items can be rare and aren't often found at the local food mart. Does Wal-Mart price-match Beluga caviar?
For Robin Leech-style extravagance in the kitchen, two items set the bar. The spice saffron (http://www.gourmetsleuth.co m/saffron.htm) has built a reputation for being more expensive than gold -- fetching up to $2,700 per pound in recent years.
And then there's caviar. A recent U.N. ban on the international trade of Beluga caviar (http://shopping.yahoo.com/search?p=beluga+cavi ar) from the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is expected to cause a sea change on the prices for existing stock. What say you to $2,400 for a one-pound tin of black fish eggs? Be sure to wash it down with a $750 bottle of Krug Clos du Mesnil.
Some food concoctions can be very pricey -- $1.65 million fruitcake (http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1207diamond-cake07-ON.html), anyone? But for food by the pound, it looks like fish eggs and flower stems take the cake.

[FL4ZGN]

Dear Yahoo!:Which is the most expensive food item sold by pound?Sumayya
Lombard, IllinoisDear Sumayya:Plenty of things scream luxury and excess: Bentleys, Tiffany, Versace... But when it comes to pimping your palate, the choices might not be as obvious. Luxury food items can be rare and aren't often found at the local food mart. Does Wal-Mart price-match Beluga caviar?
For Robin Leech-style extravagance in the kitchen, two items set the bar. The spice saffron (http://www.gourmetsleuth.co m/saffron.htm) has built a reputation for being more expensive than gold -- fetching up to $2,700 per pound in recent years.
And then there's caviar. A recent U.N. ban on the international trade of Beluga caviar (http://shopping.yahoo.com/search?p=beluga+cavi ar) from the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is expected to cause a sea change on the prices for existing stock. What say you to $2,400 for a one-pound tin of black fish eggs? Be sure to wash it down with a $750 bottle of Krug Clos du Mesnil.
Some food concoctions can be very pricey -- $1.65 million fruitcake (http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1207diamond-cake07-ON.html), anyone? But for food by the pound, it looks like fish eggs and flower stems take the cake.


Good man Yak.
I guess Yahoo can't be wrong.

[YAKIMO]

Good man Yak.
I guess Yahoo can't be wrong.

Never!!!! ;)

[kerrybabe]

What about truffles?

[FL4ZGN]

What about truffles?


Nope.

About six hundred euro a pound.

[kerrybabe]

Right so.

[gregson1]

who weighs crap in pounds... christ... get with the times

[FL4ZGN]

who weighs crap in pounds... christ... get with the times


Shove your Swedish kilos up you rear end gregson.

Its pounds all the way in the Republic, and there are 2.2 pounds in a kilo.

What do the call a quarter pounder with cheese in Sweden?

[gregson1]

only in mickey d's is it a 1/4 pounder... everywhere else it'd be maybe a 150g, 200g ostburgare

[FL4ZGN]

only in mickey d's is it a 1/4 pounder... everywhere else it'd be maybe a 150g, 200g ostburgare


Thats not right.

[shammy feen]

Tripe and Druisheen.

You'd get the gawk though...

[Jim Comic]

plutonium sandwiches are a bit pricey and dem diamond burgers ain't cheap neither

[homer jay]

What do the call a quarter pounder with cheese in Sweden?

a krusty burger.

anyway, i happened to throw my eye on the spices in tesco's last week, €6,300/kg for saffron.

[FL4ZGN]

a krusty burger.

anyway, i happened to throw my eye on the spices in tesco's last week, €6,300/kg for saffron.


Tiz fairly expensive stuff.

[DOBBER22]

I'd go with truffles

[i_hate_ire]

What is a Swedish kilo?

[janglinjack]

I'd say saffron too. Truffles would be up there, but not as dear as the spice.

[PigCapitalist]

No-one but wholesalers would by Saffron by the pound. An ounce would last a restaurant a year. I use a lot of the stuff, and I spend much more on pepper.