Make sure you get Spanish saffron, which is expensive enough - if you buy
Persian saffron, which tastes much better and is priced accordingly, you
might as well spend the extra money on the dye itself.

Lesley Weston.



on 13/09/2002 7:47 AM, Gayle Callis at gcallis@montana.edu wrote:

> Jenny,
> 
> Go to a grocery store and buy saffron off the spice shelf, extract it as
> you would the Safran du Gatinais (this is saffron) which is unbelievably
> expensive.  Saffron, off the spice shelf, is much cheaper!  Indian food
> stores will have this to make saffron rice.
> 
> At 10:01 AM 9/13/02 +0200, you wrote:
>> I would like to attempt the Movat pentachrome stain and was wondering
>> if anyone out there could  please give me some info on where to find
>> this  dye,  Safran du Gatinais.  I have searched quite a number of
>> companies but no success on my side.  Many thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Jenny Molde
>> 
>> 
>> 
> Gayle Callis
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> Veterinary Molecular Biology - Marsh Lab
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> 
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> 
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