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Alexander the Great used it in baths to heal wounds. Hand-harvested from crocus flowers, what is this famously expensive crimson spice?
Alexander adopted the Persian practice of bathing in saffron infusions, believing the spice's unique compounds could treat his battle scars.
Deriving its name from the Arabic for 'yellow', the world's costliest spice gives what iconic Spanish rice dish its signature golden hue?
Moors introduced saffron to Spain in the eighth century, cementing its role in regional rice dishes like paella which originated in Valencia.
The prized spice saffron commands a high price tag because farmers must manually do what?
Each crocus flower produces exactly three red stigmas, requiring workers to hand-pick around 75,000 blossoms to yield a single pound of saffron.
Cooks add delicate saffron threads to the traditional Spanish dish paella to do what?
Saffron contains a chemical compound called crocin that quickly dissolves in simmering broth to impart a brilliant, luminous hue to the rice.