Well, I said I was "not aware of any *psychodelic* effects". It doesn't
mean that there are none!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: Saffron
> From: "Whitney Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> | Saffron, for those unfamiliar with it, is the stamens (I think--some
> | reproductive part) of a certain type of crocus flower. It is not hot
> and
> | I'm not aware of any *psychodelic* effects but I think I would leave it
> out
> | for financial reasons if nothing else. It is the most expensive spice
> in
> | the world being such a small part of a small plant and requiring harvest
> | with TWEEZERS!
>
> Well! At last! Someone has something serious to say about saffron.
>
> All of you (and all of me) who have been teasing about NGS selection of
> the term "Saffron" -- please remember that it was our respected friends
> who did that. Our MOST respected friends.
>
> So I want you to imagine several adults sitting around a table and
> deliberating a word to describe the color of a gerbil. I presume that any
> gerbils in attendance did not vote.
>
> So there is that committee. What do you suppose they were drinking or
> smoking?
>
> (*grins*)
