NOVEMBER 2024

[CG100]

Turmeric used to be sold in small sachets called something like "Saffie" in the UK - fake saffron.

They taste vastly different, although I like both. For me, turmeric could never be a spice of sweet food, just savoury. I have probably eaten a million times more turmeric than saffron over the years, mostly in huge quantities of pickles (piccalilli).

I have only ever bought La Mancha in the UK and it has always been absolutely fine.

[Arnold]

Well, risotto can be made in a lot of different ways, but saffron is one of the best, a northern Italy regional variant.
As for growing it in a pot, there is an old man (my father) which threatens with his shovel every spot in the garden without a noticeable plant, so my best chance of protecting those who go dormant is to move pots around.
And Sardinia is actually considered a poor region, but I believe saffron to be produced here for at least a century, being it fundamental in many recipes of traditional festive sweets.

I know the older man with a shovel.  I had a grandfather with a pruning shears that threaten everything.

I had to give him a spot where he happily grew some arugula.

He was from Pordenone in the north of Italy and couldn't understand how polenta was a new treat.

He probably ate it three times a day as a child.