OT - Re: SC - Re: saffron

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Jeff Gedney wrote:
> 
> Adamantius,
> He might just have used very old saffron, too.
> (I have found that if you have saffron more than ten years old - -not
> unherard of in supermarket spice racks- - it lacks a lot of the "punch"
> that fresher saffron has.)
> 
> brandu
> 
> ( I find that saffron has a taste more on the back of the palatte than on
> the tounge itself, it is more of an aromatic component than a taste component.)

All true. I did briefly touch on the shelf-life/staleness issue, and the
fact that it is probably more aromatic than directly a flavor thing. In
my desire to be tactful and not simply say, "Hey, ya think maybe you've
been eating stale saffron?", I may have erred in the opposite extreme
and failed to make the point.

Hmmm. Paella Valenciana... hmmmm... let's see what's in the freezer...

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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