At 4:25 PM -0400 7/3/00, Philip & Susan Troy wrote: >Probably the thing to do is soak your saffron in a minimal amount of >water, maybe a couple of tablespoons. Whole or crushed? What I did was to grind it to powder in the mortar, then combine with a teaspoon or less of water. David/Cariadoc http://www.daviddfriedman.com/