[Sca-cooks] Saffron in Ireland

[Terry Decker]

It is unprovable.  If saffron was imported in the Bronze Age tin trade, I
doubt that the plants were traded and they were being cultivated there, the
Romans would have noted it.

The best evidence is the Romans introduced the plant to Britian and that it
fell into disuse and died out until reintroduced in the early Medieval
period.

Bear


>I found references connecting Saffron in Cornwall to the Phoenicians,
>but I'm not sure there is actual proof of this.
>
>Our group plays Ireland circa 1004, so if it was brought by the
>Normans, that is too late for us.
>
>Ranvaig