Saffron

[puff_not_snuff]

Do you think saffron is a scam? The color is nice but it tastes like metallic dottle.

 

[Waning Embers]

"Ingesting less than 1.5 g (1⁄16 oz) of saffron is not toxic for humans, but doses greater than 5 g (3⁄16 oz) can become increasingly toxic.[76] Mild toxicity includes dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, whereas at higher doses there can be reduced platelet count and spontaneous bleeding."

?

 

[captainsousie]

I can't tell you much but I'm just mad about it.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

"Ingesting less than 1.5 g (1⁄16 oz) of saffron is not toxic for humans, but doses greater than 5 g (3⁄16 oz) can become increasingly toxic.[76] Mild toxicity includes dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, whereas at higher doses there can be reduced platelet count and spontaneous bleeding."

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5grams, so like don’t eat $1000 worth at one time?

 

[Waning Embers]

5grams, so like don’t eat $1000 worth at one time?

But I wanna!?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I can't tell you much but I'm just mad about it.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

"Ingesting less than 1.5 g (1⁄16 oz) of saffron is not toxic for humans, but doses greater than 5 g (3⁄16 oz) can become increasingly toxic.[76] Mild toxicity includes dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, whereas at higher doses there can be reduced platelet count and spontaneous bleeding."

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That sounds like an average Saturday night for me 10 years ago.

 

[captainsousie]

 

[bayareabriar]

"Ingesting less than 1.5 g (1⁄16 oz) of saffron is not toxic for humans, but doses greater than 5 g (3⁄16 oz) can become increasingly toxic.[76] Mild toxicity includes dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, whereas at higher doses there can be reduced platelet count and spontaneous bleeding."

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That’s why the flower is called a crocus.

 

[Waning Embers]

That sounds like an average Saturday night for me 10 years ago.

Only that long ago??

 

[OzPiper]

"Ingesting less than 1.5 g (1⁄16 oz) of saffron is not toxic for humans, but doses greater than 5 g (3⁄16 oz) can become increasingly toxic.[76] Mild toxicity includes dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, whereas at higher doses there can be reduced platelet count and spontaneous bleeding."

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That's why the price of the damn stuff is stratospheric !
They are stopping us from ingesting toxic doses accidentally

 

[craig61a]

I can't tell you much but I'm just mad about it.

Quite Rightly…

 

[44 S&W]

My mom always put saffron into pot pie noodles. Gave it a fantastic flavor. Might be a Lancaster County,Pennsylvania thing

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

I had a lunchtime Indian meal at a restaurant a couple of years ago, and I thought there was a lot of saffron in it.
I spent that afternoon curled up on the bed.
Felt absolutely terrible.

 

[anotherbob]

Safforn is expensive because it's very labor intensive to pick and also takes a lot of land to make that small amount. Not only is it potentially toxic it also gets you high (but that's not really done because well look at the price of the stuff), some science people suggest it's very possible that peoples enjoyment and desire to use the spice has less to do with taste and more to do with subtle effects it has internally. Never really cared much for the stuff one way or the other to be honest.

 

[kcghost]

I find saffron has a wonderful flavor. I cooked a paella up a few years ago and it was fantastic. The yellowish tinge the paella gave it was a wonderful color.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Different sort of mad!

 

[jpmcwjr]

I had plumb forgotten about Saffron. Now I want a nice curry. And tons of mango chutney!