Jim said: Tim, are the saffron corms you will be supplying from Lancaster Co.PA? If so, I think you should tell everyone about that and also tell about the saffron cultivation in SE PA. I think it's an amazing story. Thanks for doing this. I hope I'm lucky and get a couple when they are offered. Jim, They are from Lancaster County where saffron is highly prized by the Pennsylvania Dutch community for no apparent reason other than tradition. They mostly use it in a dish called "pot pie" (and pronounced "Popeye") which is made in a pot but is not a pie. It is a chicken stew made with large chunks of chicken and a fresh homemade noodle about the size of lasagna but thicker. The saffron will color the gravy and noodles bright yellow but the quantity used probably does not impart much flavor, unlike a good Spanish Paella. There is at least one commercial grower in Lancaster county - Shanks - and I have no idea how they control the voles but I suspect it is with poison bait. At this point I've already told you more than I actually know on the subject since I am not a member of the Pennsylvania Dutch community. I remember as a kid when I was doing a study abroad in Valencia Spain, going to the open air market and seeing a saffron vendor with several burlap sacks of saffron the size of bean bag chairs with the tops rolled back to show the mounds of saffron. Probably worth millions of dollars in today's market. Tim _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…