Tonight, I made Saffron-Spiked Moroccan Stew and it was my first experience cooking with the much exalted spice in the title. I mentioned in my menu post that I have substituted turmeric for saffron in the past. Why? They are not even remotely similar, aside from them both imparting a deep hue to whatever food they are sprinkled upon. Turmeric is a bitter spice that turns things (like scrambled tofu) yellow. Saffron is red, turns things red, and stinks. It has an inescapable and very strong floral odor that really made it hard for me to eat my stew. I don't know what I'm going to do with the rest of it!
Dinner was very pretty, though and Mister and I managed to fill our bellies, with the help of some salt and a serious effort to ignore the fact that our dinner smelled like a spring bouquet.
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2. I am grateful for my sense of adventure when it comes to selecting my menu, even if it backfires sometimes.
3. I am grateful that I can see clearly out of both my eyes now that I got rid of that flawed right contact lens.
4. I am grateful that today is the first day of the Advent season, officially marking the beginning of Christmastime, my favorite time of year.
What are you grateful for?
ooooo, are you pregnant???
ReplyDeleteI thought of that and I certainly hope not, but I will hang on to the saffron just in case.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere, though, my mother is crossing her fingers ;)