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23-02-2007, 11:37 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Sacha
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Opium poppies in Britain
On 23/2/07 23:18, in article
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"Martin" wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:47:56 +0000, Sacha
wrote:
On 23/2/07 15:43, in article
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"Martin" wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:46:44 +0000, Sacha
wrote:
On 23/2/07 07:47, in article
, "Les
Hemmings" wrote:
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.
Des
http://www.poppies.org/faq/poppy-tea/
Les
Very revealing! Now I'm wondering what was the seed cake our grannies used
to make?
Caraway seed cake?
http://www.foodfunandfacts.com/carawayseedcake.html
That's it - definitely not a taste I acquired.
For some reason I thought caraway and cummin were one and the same, until I
looked them up. Both allegedly cure flatulence
Good heavens. Perhaps a packet of each should arrive with every new
computer? ;-)
http://www.spice-nutriment.co.uk/aboutourcooking.htm
Leidse kaas/Leiden cheese has cummin in it.
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