Rekiwi's Blog

Yeah. The only thing good about that movie was Francesca Annis. Damn.

Actually, I'm thinking of saffron.

Delicate threads of vivid color plucked from crocus flowers by the deft fingers of Kashmiri virgins.

And it's freaking expensive. I've always read that it doesn't take much saffron to infuse a dish with saffroninity, but $76 for a quarter ounce? I'm suspicious of a spice that you have to bag and sell like pot.

Turns out I don't like saffron.

I could give a crap about the golden color.

It makes things taste like soap. The descriptions I can find mention bitterness and hay. Wikipedia mentions the smell of hospitals.

Bleh.

You can keep your expensive, virgin-picked plant sex organs.