Saffron

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Does it actually taste of anything?
    Or is it just a chef "thing" costs the earth and "adds wonderful colour".
     
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    Yes, it does have a taste. :blue thumb:
     
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      I have used it, and still do not see the hype in it.
       
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      Use it quite a lot in cooking and it varies quite a lot in taste. Seems to stale quite quickly, so cannot be kept in the back of the cupboard with the rest of the dried herbs from 1976!
       
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        I agree that it can get stale/lose some of its flavour but it is still good for colouring. It gives a better colour than turmeric but turmeric has medicinal properties as well.
         
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          Saffron was grown extensively in Saffron Walden just up the road from where I used to live, Last century I think.
           
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            I was there yesterday. It's still just up the road from me. :heehee:
             
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              My take is that if you're making a dessert with it it needs to be better than if you're cooking savoury.

              Should get a meals worth then:heehee:

              Much better - two meals worth!:roflol:

              Yes. I would call it pleasantly musty (?). Make your own mind up - try saffron spuds.

              Yes again!
               
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                Safranschou, brother of Ceausescu? :heehee:

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                  Second cousin to Fu Manchu?
                   
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