SC - Saffron
Butterfield, Margaret
msbutterfield at mail.aacc.cc.md.us
Fri Apr 23 05:21:21 PDT 1999
I have read about "imitation" saffron. It is usually the staymin *sic* of
the flower and usually comes ground for chopped up. It still gives the
coloration and a very mild bit of taste and is priced the same as real. For
surety, buy the whole.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vicki Strassburg [SMTP:taltos at primenet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 6:48 PM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - Saffron
>
>
> > >>I found a web page that sells saffron for $47 an ounce. Is that a
> good
> > price? I get mine in much smaller packaging (metric even) and I'm not
>
> > Looking at my new Penzeys Spices catalog, I find
> > Kashmir Mogra Cream (100% red saffron, India) Per 1/4 oz. $44.95.
> > Superior Quality Spanish Saffron (90% re saffron threads, 10% yellow
> > saffron styles) Per 1/4 oz. $33.95
>
> The Pepperer's Guild lists it for $$6.00/dwt. I don't know what a dwt is.
> They also directed me to Gernot Katzer's Spice Page (wow!) which says:
> "Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world (anything below 4 US$
> per gram is suspiciously cheap; explanations range from "probably
> smuggled" to "probably not saffron at all"). In production countries the
> price is, of course, much lower (one tenth), but so is the quality."
>
> Hope this helps
> ~Maedb
>
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