Originally Posted by
JBord
The reviews are what caught my eye as well when I was searching. I'm a total novice at it. But my thinking was that what I buy depends on what I'm using it for. This particular dish that we'd probably make again was a saffron broth, so high quality is probably better. If just a pinch is getting added to paella, with all the other flavors, I wonder if any old saffron would be just fine.
I am a novice too and probably couldn't tell the difference. I ordered something on amazon last night and added to my cart the $13.95 Zaran.
Originally Posted by
chgoeditor
Two comments:
* If you have an Indian neighborhood nearby, go to an Indian grocery store. Great quality, low prices compared to most places.
* I had a Persian boyfriend who would bring saffron (and caviar) back for me when he'd visit Tehran -- the quantities were obscene and it was wonderful!
Where I live, like in the entire county, there are lots of Mexican markets and a few tiny Japanese and Korean shops. A FT friend has offered to bring me some from Israel when he comes 'home' in a couple weeks.
Originally Posted by
FlyerEC
Sorry , from what I recall , our helper back then sort of got them all mixed up so she could not tell us .
We might have gotten some Indian ones too from “ Little India “ !
On the other hand , had a very resourceful gardener who on weekly visits to Little India would bring us spices at times , to our loss & our neighbourhood ‘ s , has since returned to India .
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