Saffron
Ovidio, nel suo poema epico-mitologico “Le Metamorfosi”, narra di un giovane ragazzo di nome Crocus: questi, sulla riva di un fiume, incontrò una ninfa di nome Smilace. La ninfa era bellissima e Crocus se ne innamorò. Zeus, venuto a sapere del loro amore, si ingelosì e trasformò Crocus in un fiore magico. Gli stigmi di questo fiore, di colore rosso purpureo, potevano condire il cibo di tantissime persone tutte insieme, colorare l’acqua di una grande piscina, curare il mal di testa, aiutare le mamme durante il parto e potevano servire persino a colorare quadri e abiti. Era un fiore bello, nobile e molto ricercato.
To date, historians confirm that this flower was also cultivated by the Arabs, who called it Zafaran (which means "deep yellow", because yellow was the color that stigmas gave in tincture and spice), in Asia and even by ancient Romans who lived in the areas of Cascia (at the time Sabino territory). The conquest by the Lombards, however, also led to the destruction of all the fields, including those cultivated with Saffron. The Arabs cultivated the Saffron for hundreds of years until they marketed it in Spain during the Medieval Time. Spanish traders imported Saffron to the L'Aquila area (city in Abruzzo region), where it was cultivated for several centuries. Some historical data, in some manuscripts in the library of Cascia, encouraged local farmers to cultivate again the Saffron in this area, exactly with the bulbs received by the traditional Aquila cultivation.
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