Opium poppies in Britain
 

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:47:56 +0000, Sacha

wrote:

On 23/2/07 15:43, in article ,
"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

I must add them to my daily intake of food!

Alan

Opium poppies in Britain
 

On 24/2/07 17:15, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

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The Danes have found a use for caraway, other than for making cakes like our
mothers made.
http://www.danish-schnapps-recipes.com/caraway.html


"Caraway schnapps blends very well with...
dill schnapps · star anise schnapps · liquorice schnapps · coriander schnapps.

Also, see how you can easily...
turn your caraway schnapps into a liqueur."

Maybe there is a shortage of sloes in Denmark.

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Caru_car.html

In Dutch it is wild cummin

"Dutch Karwij, Wilde komijn, Kummel"

Hmm. Think I'll pass on those, thanks all the same!

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