On 22/2/07 23:28, in article ,
"jane" wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:44:29 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

~On 22/2/07 22:07, in article , "Des
~Higgins" wrote:
~
~
~ "Sacha" wrote in message
~ . uk...
~ Some time ago we had a discussion about whether or not these would grow
~ *and* ripen in Britain. AFAIR, the general opinion was that they would
~ not.
~ However, on the uk.food group, someone has posted a link to an interesting
~ article: http://tinyurl.com/36htzv
~
~ That is fascinating. AFAIK, the decorative ones that we are most familiar
~ with, do not produce much worth getting your grannies opium pipe out from
~ under the stairs for.
~
~My old granny would have been most indignant at the very suggestion she had
~an opium pipe! A nice brass toasting fork, now......



As an addendum to this thread, you can test positive for opiates if
you eat poppy seed cake or seed-encrusted rolls!

http://www.tv.com/mythbusters/lawn-c...-test-goldfing
er/episode/285544/summary.html

I'm a lost cause - I love them. What do sesame seeds say about us?!

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)