[Sca-cooks] Novice Saffron User

[david friedman]

>Hello to All -
>
>I am now the lucky owner of 1 gram of saffron threads (yay!!) and am 
>at a loss with where to start or what to do with it. I've never used 
>saffron before (always stayed away from it - spendy!) and would 
>appreciate any tips or a good beginner recipe for it (mind you, a 
>good "example" of saffron in a dish - I'm not a novice cook ;-) )
>
>Help? :-D

I'm told it can be used to produce a yellow color in illuminated 
manuscripts, but I don't have any direct experience.
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David/Cariadoc
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/