SC - saffron substitute was-Adv

[Stephanie Rudin]

Gracious Lady, unfortunately the recipe calls for quite a bit of saffron, 1/2 
teaspoon of threads.  I do have some at home and 1/2 teaspoon is about half of 
the quantity in my little tube.  I'm not really looking for a substitute for the
flavor of saffron but more for a substitute of an appropriate spice that would 
have been used in a dish like this.   I'll start my list with cinnamon.  I am 
making a practice run on the recipe this weekend and I think that I can just 
split the sauce into small portions and add a different alternate spice to each 
portion and see what kind of flavor I get.

My grateful thanks to everyone who has responded.

Mercedes
rudin at okway.okstate.edu

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Subject: Re: SC - saffron substitute  was-Adv
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Date:    8/4/97 9:36 PM


re: saffron substitutes
     
Good lady, in my experience, nothing substitutes for real saffron. In a 
dish such as you describe, you are wanting the flavor as well as the 
color. To use anything else will make a a different dish.
     
You have been given good advice...saffron deosn't cost as much as you 
think. You use so little that a small vial will probably do your whole 
feast. The best prices I've found on saffron (far better thant he grocery 
store, etc) are from Worldspice here in Seattle. They do mail order...you 
can drop them an email at hill at worldspice.com. Waring...he only sells the 
freshest spices, so if the saffron is not in season yet, he won't have 
any. But you can try him, anyway. He's got all kinds of medieval spices!
     
If you decide that the thought of saffron is just too much for you, you 
might try the dish with another mix of spices. Pepper, ginger and a bit 
of cinnamon comes to my French mind (poudre forte, anyone?). It will be 
av ery differnt dish, as I said, but since the original recipe didn't 
specify...
     
Go with the saffron, though, I think it will be lovely!
     
- --Anne-Marie
     
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Anne-Marie Rousseau
rousseau at scn.org
Seattle, Washington
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