I just wonder if any extremely rare ingredients convey a taste sensation that's so incredible, or if it's perception. Sometimes food is like art: the value is all in what people say it is.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:30:16 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] EXPENSIVE FOODS I think if a dish is difficult to create or has extremely rare and expensive ingredients then its ok, but I don't really think some of the things that are raved about is all that great. It usually comes down to personal pallet and subtle differences in flavorings. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Don't know if I have the Cooking Channel but will check. I am *addicted* to all things frozen: ice cream, gelatto, sherbert, milk shakes, snow cones, ices, etc. I am also convinced that my biochemical makeup has a gene that is a perfect match for vanilla, as the mere smell of vanilla is enough to send me into fits of divine pleasure. I kept vanilla bean pods in my sugar bucket, keep Madagascan vanilla extract in the cupboard (put it in my milk shakes and pancake batter). I have at times paid some big money for really high quality vanilla products and gourmet ice cream. But I'm not sure I'd pay $19 a scoop for ice cream. At some point, I think the price is more a perception of taste based on rarity, difficulty in growing, harvesting and shipping the product, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:39:11 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] EXPENSIVE FOODS Keith, don't forget the coffee that passes through a Civet. Have you checked out the Cooking Channel? It is similar to the Food Network but more geared toward cooking and gourmet food. On one of the shows they were talking about a gourmet ice cream truck that sells handmade ice cream that featured vanilla beans from the left side of a mountain in Italy. $19 a scoop. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: I love eating out. And I have to confess, there is a market difference between eating at restaurants that use fresh, high quality food rather than, say iceberg lettuce from cold storage. It's why you can go to a place and eat a smaller meal that consists of high quality food, and yet be more satisfied than eating a lot of food that's of lesser quality. That being said, there is a limit to how much one needs to pay for the dining experience. I saw that ridiculous gold-leaf ice cream sundae on the History Channel special on ice cream, and shook my head. You can't tell me that the gold or even the high quality vanilla ice cream really makes it tastes hundreds of times better than one that can be made at a quality ice cream joint. I'm surprised they left off Bird's Nest Soup, made by boiling the nests of cliff-dwelling birds who excrete a glue-like saliva to build their nests, or that soup that the Japanese sell that's made from passing saki through some animals digestive system, then boiling and consuming the excreted liquid. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:07:06 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] EXPENSIVE FOODS Well, there is always the $15 a cup tea. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Martin Baxter < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > wrote: Way above the price range of a Poor Black Welshman, that is. And I'm glad I gave up coffee, or that last would've done the trick for me. On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: [ Attachment(s) from Mr. Worf included below] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Missy May < missy.may...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:23 AM Subject: [BSBB] EXPENSIVE FOODS To: brownsugars_bodacious_b...@yahoogroups.com White Truffle The World's Most Expensive Foods Not surprising, the white truffle is the world's most expensive mushroom. Found in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy, the white truffle's price is due to it's relative rarity. These truffles are generally sold for anywhere between $1,350 and $2,700 per kilogram. The record price paid for this delicacy, however, was $330,000 for 1.5 kilograms worth. Essen Platinum Club Sandwich The World's Most Expensive Foods The world's most expensive sandwich is the Essen Platinum Club Sandwich. It is a triple-decker sandwich, containing the finest grade chicken, ham, hard-boiled quails' eggs and white truffles. This sandwich contains almost 2,000 calories and is the world's most expensive, selling for a hefty price of almost $200. Steak and Mushroom Pie The World's Most Expensive Foods Based on the traditional steak and mushroom pie that is so popular in England, this dish contains $1,000 worth of Wagyu beef, $3,330 worth of Matsutake mushrooms, two bottles of Chateau Mouton Rothschild priced at $4,200 each, black truffles and edible gold leaf. The whole pie serves 8 people and costs around $15,900. A single slice costs $1,990, but is also served with a glass of champagne. Le Parker Meridien Omelet The World's Most Expensive Foods The most expensive omelet in the world is sold at Le Parker Meridien restaurant in New York City. It contains 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar, six eggs, and an entire lobster. If you order it in the restaurant, it costs $1,000. To make it yourself at home, the ingredients will only run you $700. Serendipity 3 Sundae The World's Most Expensive Foods One of the most expensive desserts in the world is a sundae sold at Serendipity 3, located on the east side of Manhattan. Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most expensive dessert, it consists of five scoops of Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream, Madagascar vanilla, 23 karat edible gold leaf, and the world's most expensive chocolate, the Amedei Porceleana. To order this rich dessert, it will cost you over $1,000. Kona Nigari Water The World's Most Expensive Foods The most expensive water in the world is Kona Nigari water. This desalinated, high-mineral water comes from the deep waters off the coast of Hawaii and costs $16.75 per ounce. Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum The World's Most Expensive Foods This rum is the highest-selling because of it's rarity as well as it's high proof. Bottled in 1940, there are only 4 bottles left in the world, each priced at around $53,000. Tieguanyin The World's Most Expensive Foods A rare Chinese green tea, Tieguanyin costs $3,000 per kilo (2 lbs, 3 oz) and approximately $15 for a single cup. Kopi Luwak The World's Most Expensive Foods You can't have a discussion of the world's most expensive foods without mentioning Kopi Luwak. Originating from Sumatra, Kopi Luwak is created from coffee beans that have passed through the digestive track of the Asian Palm Civet. The civets eat the coffee berries and the undigested beans pass through their system. The beans are then collected and brewed. Many people claim that the coffee has a high level of complex acidity that cannot be achieved through any other brewing method. With only around 500 pounds of beans produced every year, the cost for a pound is upwards of $300. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 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