SC - Saffron Substitutions

[Christine A Seelye-King]

 << 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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