My wife loves me. I know this because she tells me she loves me every day. But I also know it because when I came home from work today, there was a big loaf of freshly-baked saffron bread waiting for me. In our family, saffron bread was always made for Christmas by our grandma, and since the taste is somewhat...acquired...it has also become a mark of identity in the family, e.g. you don't have Jewell blood flowing in your veins unless you can handle a couple of pieces of yellow, pungent goodness every December. Today I was able to do that. It was a good day.
I was also happy to see that my kids were willing to try it - never too young to start! Caleb in particular is my go-to guy when there are new and strange foods to try, and he inhaled two pieces. It's good to see that the tradition will live on.
So my wife loves me, and she made me some saffron bread. Now, since many of you know that saffron is the world's most expensive spice by weight, you are undoubtedly wondering how much Jodi had to cough up to show her husband her tender affection for him. It turns out she paid 4.50 euros for 0.3 grams of saffron powder, which works out to about $9,800 per pound. No, I am not kidding. And yes, some stores do literally lock up their saffron in the safe at night. Maybe if this whole science thing doesn't work out, I can try the saffron-farming business...
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P.S. From the helpful Wikipedia page, I learned that those 0.3 grams cost 50 crocus flowers their lives. No wonder it's so expensive...
I paid $10.55 for a gram of it here in the U.S. I thought it would be cheaper in France since Saffron comes from Spain. Guess not.
Well, the powder is more pungent than the threads, and easier to work with. So, I guess I'm not surprised that it cost more than the threads. Maybe if I could find the threads it would be cheaper...
Oh, and, Matt, you can add the saffron farming to your truffle hunting. We'll be rich!!! ;-)
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