which one of y'all got the saffron hookup?

once, a very long time ago, a colleague of my father's gave him a mason jar full of saffron. like, the quart size jar. it was insane. so i never really appreciated how special it was because we always had it on hand? but now i do. sad.

not totally what you want, cause it isn't the same, but just wanna give a shout out to my go-to rice-spice achiote:

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/images/achiote-powder.jpg

which is sometimes referred to as a saffron substitute, i think in a bunch of countries in which it's unavailable/prohibitively expensive. it's good, anyway.

just go to a grocery store! every grocery store sells saffron!

tbh black pepper can be a motherfucker to buy in some places (like costing the same for an unrefillable plastic grinder-ful in a supermarket, as for a bigger bag elsewhere), it's kinda nice if you know you're going to the right place. spice connexionz.

I wonder if you made a dish that was only the most expensive per pound spices, how it would taste

this is a saffron black truffle bird's nest soup

you're right about that and it's weird. i finally found a big container of it at h-mart after looking everywhere. i think the chinese grocery store had it too but i kept forgetting to look there. xpost

I wonder if you made a dish that was only the most expensive per pound spices, how it would taste

this is a saffron black truffle bird's nest soup

― dayo, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:14 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

to do it properly you have to wear a shark fin on your head while eating

those are outlawed now

I have a teeny tiny plastic box of saffron strands that one of the herb/spce brands here do:

http://tinefiskrivnaord.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/300x300-hs_saffron.png?w=584

Havent been able to bring myself to use it, not sure how to do it justice! A saffron risotto milanese seems best, but I went off risotto a while back after eating it a lot.

the bulk section of the super-nice grocery store sells it for 6.99/g, which translates to something like $150/oz. i want to find it for CHEAP.

how much saffron do you need??

also really i would like this to be a thread about saffron! i have saffron on the mind because today at work for one of our specials i made this great persian orange chicken stew with saffron, pistachios, and cinnamon.

xpost ALL OF IT

i don't even need an entire ounce, it would take me all year to use it, i just would like to use the internet to find it at the rock-bottomest possible prices.

also the cookbook i pulled the persian stew recipe from is called "in a persian kitchen" but because of ilx every time i see it i read it in my head as "in every persian kitchen ever"

Tehresa, you just gave me a great idea for gifts next holiday season. Expensive spices are an excellent idea. How unimaginable we have become!

also really i would like this to be a thread about saffron!

i don't use saffron much but the first couple times i made paella i was amazed at how much flavor u can get out of a little pinch of saffron.

I like how it turns your food yellow.