[Sca-cooks] Fw: [MR] Red saffron source

[Pixel, Queen of Cats]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Philip W. Troy & Susan Troy wrote:

> Maggie MacDonald wrote:
> >
> > So how do you tell, by looking, the difference between saffron and safflower?
>
> Safflower is less red, and looks like little dried petals or whole
> flowers, not the [theoretically] exclusively stamen threads that saffron
> consists of. And telling me I cannot end a sentence with a preposition
> is an imposition up with which I shall not put. Safflower also hasn't
> got a strong aroma like saffron's.
>
> Adamantius

It occurred to me that you could use the safflower for those recipes that
specify saffron for color, as well. Besides dyeing your silk napery
pink. ;-)

Margaret FitzWilliam