[Sca-cooks] Why is saffron a mistake?

[Ruth Frey]

> It's an in-joke, based on the fact that at least one member of this list
> dislikes saffron.  But due to the plain text nature of the message, the
> <sarcasm> tag failed to work.

	Although saffron *does* show up in some weird places.
Like in recipes for blancmange.  Exactly how "blanc" is that
going to be by the time you add saffron?  Doesn't make any
sense -- either people stopped caring about the color of the
dish (possibly due to the apparently overwhelming popularity
of saffron), or else it really was an error.

		-- Ruth Freebourne