SC - Saffron Substitutions
Christine A Seelye-King
mermayde at juno.com
Fri Apr 7 08:59:58 PDT 2000
<< So, does a 14th century Saracen dish which contains safflower
> rather than saffron detract from our much adored atmosphere? Nope.
Balthazar
> Agreed. But IMO, it does make it a period-like dish using a period
> recipe as the source of inspiration. Unless, of course, it can be
documented
> that safflower was used as a substitute in that particular dish when
> saffron was not available.
> Ras
I don't know about the use of it as a substitute for cooking, but there
was a law against using tumeric to dye cloth and calling it saffron-dyed.
(I believe this might have been in England or maybe Belgium, it was
associated with one of the textile guilds). If there was a law against
it, somebody was doing it.
Christianna
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