CALLING ALL EX-PATS IN SPAIN!

[Biscombe]

Calendula, you need to grow masses!!!!!!

[Biscombe]

[calendula]

nah, a few stamens go a long way and a big pot of bulbs goes even further - how much saffron does one want to use - nicer to go on a trip to Morocco though  ;D

[Hyacinth]

Bis, I've given your offer some thought and I've PM'd you...fact is, guilt at handbag shopping rather than sourcing azafran's spoiling my enjoyment of my purchases ::)

I'd always thought that one needed to grow masses of crocuses too to farm a small yield....you saying this is an Urban Myth, C, to make us all pay OTT prices rather than growing our own and bankrupting the importers?  :o ;D

[calendula]

just ask yourself how much saffron you use in a year - best to say "lots" to justify the trips abroad  ;D

a few strands in any recipe is usually more than enough

[Biscombe]

Believe me Calendula I've seen it growing here in Spain you would need to grow loads for a paella for two!! one one strand per flower!

[Biscombe]

Lish got your PM I'll send you some on friday........

[kenkew]

Info link

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Croc_sat.html

[Biscombe]

Sorry Calendula 3 strands  ;) still need a big field!!

[Hyacinth]

Lish got your PM I'll send you some on friday........

You're a doll :-* Must stress this isn't for me but for a friend...therefore you're a line of dolls along the lines of those we used to create by folding paper into a concertina shape?  8)

[calendula]

thanks for the link KK - note the weight quantities mentioned - a kilo of strands requires a huge field - no one person would get through a kilo of strands (each strand weighing next to nothing)

anyway I disagree Biscombe - my pots of bulbs do me fine (when they flower) even though I would prefer to travel far to get it  ;D

[Biscombe]

Whatever!!  ;)