SC - saffron substitute was-Adv

[Marisa Herzog]

                      saffron substitute  was:Advice               8/4/97

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     right and I am not familiar enough with saffron to know what the lack of
it will do to the recipe's flavor.  The only thing I can think of is that the
recipe seems to lack garlic, but that might just be a personal thing for me. 
Hence, I am throwing myself on the mercy of the experienced cooks on this
list.
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I don't claim to be particularly experienced, and I haven't cooked much with
saffron but:
1) most recipes don't seem to call for much (a couple or few threads), so you
might be able to swing just spring for a single package of the stuff at some
place like "Trader Joes" that has good groceries for less than bigger name
chains.
2) my herb books say that calendula or marigold is a substitute, though I
think this may just duplicate the nice color, I don't know if the flavors are
comparable?
- -brid 

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