Subject: Re: SC - no Anglo-Saxon recipes?

[Jessica Tiffin]

Adamantius said:
> Recently somebody brought to my home as a gift a
> bag of safflower, telling me it was Turkish saffron. I did have reason
> to believe it was Turkish, but it definitely wasn't saffron. I thanked
> the guest graciously, and quietly addded the bag to my collection of
> safflower that people keep giving me, telling me it's saffron.

LOL!  Exactly the same thing happened to me, and I handled it in 
exactly the same way... which leads to the logical question, what can 
one actually use safflower _for_?  It doesn't smell much like 
saffron, which is why I haven't used any of mine - I would imagine 
the flavour would be different.  Barring subsitution for saffron, are 
there recipes/cultural cuisines which specifically call for it?

Jehanne


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(Jessica Tiffin, University of Cape Town)
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