Poppy seeds

[paulnb57]

Can I eat Poppy seeds from garden varieties, or are they from a specific plant, I like em on top of breads etc


Paul

 

[Toddy]

They're all edible Just don't eat them as poppy paste and then go for a drug test though.....you can't get high on them but some of their nature can be traced in blood, etc.,

A lot of garden seeds are edible, kind of surprising some of them.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[British Red]

Yep

Gather the heads and dry upside down over a bucket....when brown, shake to gather them


Poppies in bucket by British Red, on Flickr

 

[Toddy]

I tie the stems with the heads inside a paper bag and pin the bag to the cork boards above the kitchen radiator. Sugar bags are pretty good if you can't find unwaxed paper bags.
I like the bucket idea BR, but I just don't have room to trip over them as they dry like that, and the sheds and greenhouse are too cold and damp to let the seed heads dry out properly. Green (algae covered ) and pleasant Lanarkshire is really sodden wet.

cheers,
M

 

[British Red]

All you need is a forty foot long barn.....and a better climate

 

[Hog On Ice]

would tossing them into a dehydrator work?

 

[British Red]

I find natural drying is best

We have taken to lining the bucket with paper now,

shake


Poppy seed in bucket by British Red, on Flickr

fold & pour


Jar of poppy seed by British Red, on Flickr

 

[Toddy]

All you need is a forty foot long barn.....and a better climate

I'm a Scot
To quote my bother, "It's written into our contract with the Maker....Scottish, must be rained on twice a week!"
I think a dry climate would kill me, tbh.

M

 

[British Red]

Ahh yes the Gaels - loose translation "can get sun burned in the rain"

 

[Toddy]

The raindrops act like wee magnifying glasses and focus the Sun.......do you not know that's how we get freckles ?

cheers,
M