O le tele o le kefefe e mafai ona maua ai faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi pipisi
Saffron History
E tusa ai ma tala faasolopito faa-Eleni, na paʻu le alofa o Crocos ma le matagofie i Smilax. Peitai, o lona fiafia na toe faia e Smilax, ma na liua o ia i se lanu vioola lanu viole matagofie.
O le upu saffron e mafua mai i le upu Arab upu zafaran, o lona uiga o le samasama, ma sa taua i le mamao i le 1500 i le tele o tusitusiga masani, faapea foi ma le Tusi Paia. O isi faʻamatalaga e sau mai le Old French safran , Medieval Latina safranum , ma le Saharala i le Igilisi Peretania.
Saffron e seleseleina mai le fua-fuga o le laau Crocus sativus, o se tasi o le aiga o Iris. E moni lava ia Asia Minor, lea na faʻaleleia mo le fia afe o tausaga e faʻaaogaina i vailaau, mea manogi, vailaʻau, ma avea o se mea manaia lelei mo meaai ma meainu.
O lanu mumu-auro na sili atu ona taua i vailaau ma tupu e avea o se aphrodisiac , ae o le tele o mea e maua mai ai aafiaga o le nakoti.
Saffron na faʻaaogaina faʻamalosi e faʻaitiitia ai fevers, faʻafefe ma faʻateleina liu, ma faʻafilemu ai neura. Na faʻaaogaina foʻi i fafo atu mo faʻamaʻi, rūmatism, ma neuralgia. (Lapataiga! Aua le faʻaaogaina le mafaufau e aunoa ma le talanoa i lau fomaʻi.)
E ui lava o le tele o le fofeni a le lalolagi o loʻo gaosia i Iran, o Spain o le sili lea o le faʻateleina atu o saffron.
Sili atu e uiga i Saffron ma Saffron Recipes
• Saffron i se Vaʻai
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• Pepa o Saffron ma le Teuina
• Saffron Copycats - Lapataiga!
• History of Saffron
• Recipes Saffron
Cookbooks
| • | O le Spice Lover's Guide to Herbs and Spices |
| • | Le Contemporary Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices |
| • | Laʻau & Spices: O le Tusiga a Cook |
| • | O le Spice and Herb Bible |
| • | More Cookbooks |