Re: [CH] curcuma

Michael Bailes (frgntgar@ozemail.com.au)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:50:42 +1000

At 4:20 PM +1000 19/8/98, Wolfgang Deimel wrote:
>curcuma=turmeric, one of the main ingredients (and providing the color) of
>curry powder. As opposed to saffron, it's very cheap and some cheapo saffron
>powder might be diluted with turmeric...
>
nearly always Wolfgang.
Best to use stamens of saffron ( Hard to find and expensive-There is a
saffron farm in Tasmania) not the powder. Sometiimes powder is just made
with  artificial yellow dye!


Michael Bailes.
Herbarist
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