[Touch0Gray]

it's what's for dinner...

mmmmmmmmmmm smells GREAT.....the BAD news is...I am OUT OF SAFFRON now.....sigh....that stuff is ungodly expensive.

Just a basic batch....shrimp, bay scallops, mussels, no sausage or ham...no water, just GOOD, homemade chicken broth...

 

[2cflyr]

looks yummy. is saffron still the worlds most expensive spice?

 

[JoeDaddio]

Needs more cabbage.


joe

 

[matanza]

:thumbsup:

 

[paredown]

Yer doing it wrong--chicken stock means I can't eat it, & I love paella! Nom nom. I still have some cheap saffron around too--I think it is just yellow-dyed vegetable matter.

(Our dinners looked almost as purty--marinated grilled tuna steak with Sicilian sauce--pretty much like a puttanesca...)

 

[nOOky]

Dang I just ate and that pic is still makin' me hungry!

 

[Touch0Gray]

looks yummy. is saffron still the worlds most expensive spice?

considering the good stuff is over 300 bucks an ounce......yup..... fwiw, I have never had the GOOD stuff...LOL
Even the cheap stuff is 6 bucks a gram....

pare. sorry I didn't know.....I'd have used fish stock.....

 

[rward325]

Dang I just ate and that pic is still makin' me hungry!

Pretty much the way it goes here also!

 

[saf-t]

Needs sausage and lobstah!

 

[2cflyr]

considering the good stuff is over 300 bucks an ounce......yup..... fwiw, I have never had the GOOD stuff...LOL
Even the cheap stuff is 6 bucks a gram....

yikes. my mom once did saffron mashed potatoes. they were beautiful and tasty!

 

[azpeterb]

Looks good but paella without saffron is like pizza without cheese.....just ain't the same.

Strangely, I found a pan of paella at Costco of all places. It wasn't too bad, considering it was made at Costco. Kind of freaked me out, I must say.

 

[mtymxdh]

considering the good stuff is over 300 bucks an ounce......yup..... fwiw, I have never had the GOOD stuff...LOL
Even the cheap stuff is 6 bucks a gram....

pare. sorry I didn't know.....I'd have used fish stock.....

ToG, are you sure you not buying "colombian marching powder" by *mistake* ?!?

 

[FishrCutB8]

I would OM NOM NOM that with a quickness!

I like Turmeric in place of saffron, in a pinch.

 

[il sogno]

It ain't paella if it ain't got the saffron. It kneads beats.

 

[Touch0Gray]

no no no you misunderstood....I used the LAST of my saffron in it....I am out NOW

 

[QuiQuaeQuod]

Looks very tasty, but the question with paella is always, "How did the crust on the bottom turn out?"

The answer the few times I have made it has been "not well", since I have never been able to get the thing to cook just right.

 

[Touch0Gray]

the key is a hot open fire of olive wood......

the bottom 'crust" this time....fail....it was still mucho tasty

 

[azpeterb]

no no no you misunderstood....I used the LAST of my saffron in it....I am out NOW

Oops....my bad. Still needs more yellow in it though....needs more saffron!

Funny story: a while back my parents traveled to Spain and my mom stopped at a shop in hopes of finding some saffron to take back to the U.S. She got her spanish mixed up a bit and ended up asking the owner if she could buy a kilo of saffron. She said he about had a heart attack!

 

[Mapei]

Needs to be cooked down some more. And is that rice white? Shouldn't the saffron have yellowed it? Are you lying to us, ToG?

 

[Touch0Gray]

yes it could have use more saffron but I used what I had...and that picture was when I JUST started cooking it. Nope I don't lie, I ain't smart enough to lie...I'd never be able to keep the story straight