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Article: Alluring flavor of poppy seeds gives cheese tart an exotic Hungarian twist
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 19, 2003
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THE KITCHEN TECHNICIAN
CONTEMPORARY ETHNIC: HUNGARY
Alluring flavor of poppy seeds gives cheese tart an exotic
Hungarian twist
By SANFORD D'AMATO Special to the Journal Sentinel
Sunday, January 19, 2003
Poppy seeds always sound very dangerous and exotic because of
their connection with the opium poppy plant. But opium is actually
extracted from the unripe pods -- so once the seeds are ripe, which
is the form in which they are sold, they have no narcotic effect.
Poppy seeds mostly are used for confections and desserts. A
favorite is the Hungarian blue poppy seed. I guess Europeans love
poppy seeds because of their similarity to walnuts in flavor.
Poppy seeds originated in India, China, Turkey ...