Re: [CH] quick recipe: marinated chicken breast
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:20:14 -0700
> >curcuma = Indian saffron Substitutes: saffron
>
> Actually, it's tumeric, not saffron.
Yes. But don't erroneously believe India doesn't grow real saffron, even
though is true that turmeric is used in India in far greater amounts than
is saffron (also true in USA and probably most other countries), and there
is even some segment of the population there which interchangably uses the
terms "termeric" and "saffron" to refer to turmeric.
Real saffron is grown in Kashmir in considerable quantity, and as I
understand, it is considered second in quality only to that grown in Spain.
(Not counting the problem of rampant adulturation, but that's a marketing
problem, not an agriculture issue).
--- Brent