[Sca-cooks] poppyseeds?

[Shannon Cox]

only the chinese poppy is known for its opium induced state

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Behalf Of Huette von Ahrens
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:39 PM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] poppyseeds?


--- Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:

> 
> Ah, but was that poppy seeds? The sap of the
> opium poppy was dried and
> concentrated and used as a painkiller/soporific
> in period (that's what
> morphine, codeine, and heroin are derived from-
> they're all "opiates"),
> which is what this seems to refer to, but I
> understand the seeds are simply
> a garnish and a flavoring, since they haven't
> any of the opiate compounds in
> them.
> 
> Saint Phlip,
> CoDoLDS

Actually, poppy seeds have minimal opiate
compounds in them.  However, should you eat
a poppy seed muffin and then take a drug test,
you can receive a false positive and be in
big trouble.

Huette


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