Thursday, May 3, 2007
Draught in Spain???????
It is really incredible how the misinformation on saffron is so rampant in the USA: yesterday I got a call from a pasta manufacturer that was told by the “exporter” that the price has quadrupled because the saffron harvest had failed in Spain. Wake up everyone! There was no draught in Spain, the draught was in Iran and that is why the price of Spanish saffron quadrupled, because they get all their saffron from IRAN. Again Spain produces ONLY 400 kg of saffron and they export 12,000 to 20,000 to the USA ALONE. Where do you think they get it if they do not grow it? Remember, in Europe, when a commodity comes into the European Union “bulk”, once they repack it becomes “a product of the country that packs it”, which does not mean it was grown there. Entiende?
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Thanks for the information. It is great to read what people passionate about their product and business write.
I have been home cooking for a bit now, and really got into it about five years ago. I now regularly stock about 40 spices, and have started an herb garden. As well, I've been exploring several new veins, such as saffron and vanilla beans.
As I said, I am a home cook, so my experience with saffron is limited, both it's flavor and it's usage. I will look over your pages a bit more and see if I can use this, then if so maybe order some and experiment. It is always fun to surprise my friends and family with some new delight.
I just thought I would drop a note. Both to just say hello and to encourage you to continue blogging. I'll put you on my blog list and stop in from time to time. Good health.
Dear Doom:
While we serve over 1500 restaurants in the USA, we love to hear from our other 1500+ home chefs that cook "slowly" and make or dig out all those healthy recipes. We got back late last night from the ATO, All Things Organic and Chicago and let me tell you that I was very happy to see and talk to a great "bunch" of home chefs looking for organic bountry like it should be.
Sincerely,
Juan J. San Mames
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