[Sca-cooks] growing saffron

[Stefan li Rous]

Yep, yes first you have to plant the bulbs. They are apparently  
available because several folks in the SCA have talked about growing  
them. Their range is apparently much larger than Spain and the  
Mediterranean, although the stuff grown elsewhere may not be as good.

Perhaps it would make a good A&S project?

These files in the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section of the  
Florilegium have more details including info on growing and  
processing saffron. There are also some herb books that have come out  
recently which have such info.
saffron-art       (16K)  8/11/97    How to buy and select saffron by  
Tony Hill.
saffron-msg       (63K)  6/10/04    Types of saffron. period uses.

Some of the vendors in this file might carry the saffron bulbs:
seeds-msg         (60K) 12/27/00    Sources for period plants and seeds.

Stefan

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First I have to plant the bulbs, right?

    Cordelia

Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
    Ah! You're one of the folks that prefer to spend your time pulling
all those stamins out of the flowers to make saffron?

Stefan

<<<
Poking out all those seeds by hand? Yowza! That won't happen on MY
watch, fer shure.

Cordelia Tose
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