saffron for paella

Anyone know where is the best place to buy saffron in Louisville? I've never much cared for paella but I inherited a mint paella pan and thought I'd take a try at it.

Paella advice would be greatly appreciated.

Best to all,

Sarita

[Robin Garr]

Anyone know where is the best place to buy saffron in Louisville? I've never much cared for paella but I inherited a mint paella pan and thought I'd take a try at it.

As with so many things, I've been very happy with saffron threads purchased at Lotsa Pasta. Saffron is expensive by the pound, but a little plastic box that contains only a fraction of an ounce will last a while - you just need a few threads for most recipes - and the cost isn't usually outrageous for what you get.

Here's a link to a simple and quick "paella" that I came up with a while back. I doubt that a Spaniard wuld be amused, but it does seek to replicate the flavors of Paella Valenciana in a relatively quick and easy prep:
Quick Paella.

Heya Robin,

I love lotsa pasta and gratefully it's on my drive home from work so it's never out of my way.
I've never used saffron and the price tag might have been the reason why. My mother-in-law told me that her mother used to make saffron rolls which surprised me because she grew up in the UP of Michigan.

The only opportunity I had to go to Europe I had to pass on due to me starting a new job in a startup corp so my 13 year old daughter went instead.
She had a lovely time and still recalls on it to this day. She's a freshman in college this year.
That said I dont have much to compare to authentic Spanish cuisine.

Thanks a bunch for the tip!

Sarita

. My mother-in-law told me that her mother used to make saffron rolls which surprised me because she grew up in the UP of Michigan.

We try to go up to the UP every year. We have found alot of saffron bread,rolls,buns and other items up there. From what we understand it comes from the Cornish miners that came there to mine the copper veins.
They used to take something called a saffron cake and a pasty down into the mines. The cake would work as a snack and the pasty ,a meat pie with a stew like filling, would keep somewhat warm a meal.

From what we understand it comes from the Cornish miners that came there to mine the copper veins.
They used to take something called a saffron cake and a pasty down into the mines. The cake would work as a snack and the pasty ,a meat pie with a stew like filling, would keep somewhat warm a meal.

That makes sense then. My husband's family are big fans of the pasty. Over the years they've made them for special occasions. I found a decent frozen pasty in the freezer section of Meijer's by where the orange juice is.

We also get our fair share of rutabagas during the holidays.

Thanks!
Sarita

Trying not to get too far off topic, but you can get some really good pasty mail order from pasty.net. They are a group of folks up in the Keweenaw that run a web cam discussion group out of a retirement/nursing home. They have the seniors help make and package them with the profits going back to the center.

I think my mother in-law has gotten pasties from there.
Thanks for the tip!

Sarita