Saffron
Diane Whitehead (Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:45:51 PST)

The price of gold was controlled when I was young, so saffron and
gold may have had similar prices at that time.

I used to have a few flowers every year and I would collect the
stigmas and put them in a little dish in a corner of a shelf, waiting
till I had enough collected to use. Then my plants stopped
flowering, and I never did get around to using my collection. I
wonder how long they remained flavourful.

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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil