SC - Spices-another source

[DianaFiona]

In a message dated 98-04-14 13:09:53 EDT, you write:

<< I would think that anyone living in an area 
 conducive to growing saffron crocus should purchase a half dozen bulbs.  
 With a few years of attentive gardening, they will have multiplied  into 
 a couple of dozen bulbs, enough for an impressively saffroned dish in SCA 
 quantities at an important event.  Those with the right climate and 
 like-minded friends could probably grow enough to make their locals 
 despise any yellow food.
 
 So, what is the right climate?
  >>
     Probably anywhere other crocus varieties grow, which is a fairly wide
area. Pennslyvania, for sure--there was a nice article in the magazine
"KITCHEN GARDEN" a few months back, describing the Penn. Dutch tradition of
growing their own saffron. It gave directions for growing and harvesting the
saffron, plus a few recipes. It sounded like the flowers could be grown close
enough together that a fairly small bed would still yield a significant
harvest of the stigmas. Now if I can just persuade my folks to let me plant
yet another bed in their yard...........  ;-)

          Ldy Diana
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