1 posted on
10/02/2009 3:43:22 PM PDT by
SandRat
To: Clive; girlangler; fanfan; DirtyHarryY2K; Tribune7; manic4organic; U S Army EOD; Chode; tillacum; ..
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2 posted on
10/02/2009 3:44:12 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: SandRat
Great. Maybe if they start growing it, it won’t continue to cost $60 an ounce (she wrote bitterly).
3 posted on
10/02/2009 3:47:31 PM PDT by
La Lydia
To: SandRat
Team Introduces Afghan Farmers to Saffron They should have sent Donovan.
8 posted on
10/02/2009 4:23:32 PM PDT by
decimon
To: SandRat
The idea of Saffron as a cash crop was introduced last year (in an article I can't retrieve.) But apparently it needs to be re-introduced now. I wonder what happened to the first go-around--Taliban opposition?
To: SandRat
I hope and pray that growing Saffron works out well for these Afghan farmers.
13 posted on
10/02/2009 4:55:46 PM PDT by
vrwc1
To: SandRat
15 posted on
10/02/2009 5:00:07 PM PDT by
mnehring
To: SandRat
Saffron for Healthy Food Diets
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There are precisely 3 threads per flower. These are hand-picked and then dried. It takes 13,125 threads to make an ounce and is the reason why saffron is the world’s most expensive spice.
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