Looking for the spice: Saffron

[rmicheald]

Has anyone see saffron for sale? I am going home in a couple of months and my brother asked if I could bring some back for his cooking.

Thanks in advance...

[jacko]

Has anyone see saffron for sale? I am going home in a couple of months and my brother asked if I could bring some back for his cooking.

Thanks in advance...

I have a vague recollection of seeing it in Foodland......

[bigmick]

You should get it in Friendship supermarket next to TukCom, if not - there is an Indian shop next door to Dr Olivier's place

[MM]

I have a vague recollection of seeing it in Foodland......

 

Yes, it's usually available at Foodland. Horrendously expensive, of course.

[atlas2]

I'm just wild about saffron…..

[marleyboy]

And shes just mad about me.

[MM]

I'm just wild about saffron…..

 

 

And shes just mad about me.

 

 

You two would do better giving it all to a TG

 

 

 

In February, 2013, a retail bottle containing .06 ounces could be purchased for $16.26 or the equivalent of $4,336 per pound or as little as about $2,000/pound in larger quantities. A pound contains between 70,000 and 200,000 threads. Vivid crimson coloring, slight moistness, elasticity, and lack of broken-off thread debris are all traits of fresh saffron. Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world.

[darkmancomes]

Grow your own crocuses ! (well someone had to say it)

[jacko]

Grow your own crocuses ! (well someone had to say it)

I believe it is becoming quite a common 'crop' in Afghanistan, one of the few that have more value than opium.

[Fatboyfat]

Has anyone see saffron for sale? I am going home in a couple of months and my brother asked if I could bring some back for his cooking.

Thanks in advance...

As you can see from posts above Saffron is not really a Thai spice and consequently is more expensive than it is in UK and probably States as well. I think I have seen it on sale at Abu Dhabi airport, and if your flights take in a Middle Eastern stopover, it may be a better option to get it there.

[papillon]

Go ask the Monks at your local Wat where they buy the Saffron that they use to stain their robes with.

[JONPAT]

Make sure you don't get safflower confused with saffron. It is easy to do.

[shambley]

I wasn't listening properly at catering college as a youth

so I remember the lecturer telling us cochineal ( natural red food colouring) comes from crushed beetles and saffron was from "locusts"

 

I held that view for 10 years .. Doh!

[Big_Brian]

Well, he was half right.