Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Saffron

Saffron: a spice which comes from the crocus flower

Cultivation and production

• Harvested in October
• Number of stigmas needed for 50 grams: 31
• Method of preservation: 32
• Taste and aroma: like honey
• Forms in which sold: as whole stigmas and as a 33

Uses of saffron today

• To colour and flavour food in many countries, especially for making 34 dishes

In medicine

• as a drug in treatment of problems affecting the 35
• experiments with rats as protection from exposure to some types of 36

History of saffron use

Ancient Crete

• as a dye for 37

Roman Empire

• in oil used for the production of 38
• as a 39 in public baths

Persia / Iran

• as a dye used in the making of 40