SC - saffron

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

Mexican saffron is not saffron -- it is safflower, sometimes cut with
calenula.
Raoghnailt
> > ne of the main things to be aware of is to make sure you are actually
> >  getting saffron and not an imitation.
>
> Is there such a bird as "imitation saffron"?    I would think that U.S.
Truth
> in Menu Laws (or Standards of Fill, etc) would prohibit the sale of
something
> labeled saffron, if it was not really saffron (of some grade or another.)
Of
> course, this is not a U.S. only list we are on, is it? Caveat Imptor