Saffron

Jim McKenney jimmckenney@starpower.net
Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:40:50 PST
One other thing about saffron needs to be said.

How many times have you read that it's worth it's weight in gold?

Hardly. That one ounce tin of saffron a bought a few years ago cost about
$50.00. Gold trades at about $470 per ounce - about nine times the cost of
saffron. 

One other curious thing I recently learned about saffron. Saffron is grown
commercially in nearby Pennsylvania, in I think Lancaster County. I have not
priced this "home grown" saffron, but I've heard that it compares in price
to the imported sorts. 

Jim McKenney
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where one recent
"disappointment" was to discover that the style of Crocus nudiflorus, a
species once grown as a saffron substitute, is not particularly fetching.  


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