I'm going to try the poached salmon ("Certainly not, sir. This salmon was legally caught!" :-D ) It really sounds yummy. Not a big Yorkshire pud. fan, but dirty rice or rice pilaf should go o.k. Amen on the asparagus, but I'm the only one around here who likes them. I can barely get the anti-vegetarians in my house to eat green beans, even Gujarati-style sauteed with garlic and brown mustard seed (mmmmmmmm!)
I heard somewhere that you should heat saffron gently in a bare iron pan before using it. May have been in an Indian cookbook. Ever heard this anywhere? (Boy that stuff is expensive too, but a little goes a long way . . . )
Hadn't heard that about saffron. I'll try it with some poor-quality stuff that was given to us-- has no flavor, maybe that'd help.
Care to share that green bean recipe?