----- Original Message -----
I cannot
> afford saffron spice for cooking, even if I knew what to do with it.
>
> In early '80s I was buying spices at small neighborhood grocery store. In
> the alphabetical display there was a small note -- "Ask At Counter for
> Saffron". I did so out of curiosity. "Oh. It's so expensive that we
> keep it off the shelves."
IIRC, it was pretty reasonably priced in Jerusalem when I was there 3 years
ago. Maybe some of you Europeans could take a road trip or boat trip across
the Mediterranian Sea and get some. :-)
Meg
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