July 4, 2009

Poppy Seeds: All the Great Recipes You Can Enjoy

By Krishna Cooke

The term poppy seeds may be new to you but, rest assured that it is no ordinary type of seeds. These seeds have already been a popular ingredient among many tempting recipes where it is often enjoyed as a topping or filling on a lot of baked treats. Its shape is more like a tiny kidney and it can be used as ground or as a whole. But its size is so small that its length is no more than a millimeter and extremely light that 3,300 of these seeds are needed to come up with a gram. And to come up with a pound, a staggering one or two million seeds are needed.

Other than its common name as a poppy seed, it is also known as Papaver somniferum which is its scientific name. Poppy seeds are harvested form opium poppy right from its seed pods. This traditional plant has been long known and cultivated by different civilizations across the globe like the Minoan that was established at the bed of the island of Crete and the Sumerians that rose from Mesopotamia, now known as Southern Iraq. In ancient times, poppy seeds were more popular as a common herbal aid to treat certain illnesses and diseases. But in present times, these poppies make a fine addition on a lot of delicious recipes. Along the four corners of the globe, poppy seeds have been known as an important addition on various mouth watering dishes.

What most people love about poppy seeds is its rare taste and appeal as a dressing on various meals and salads for fresh fruits and vegetables. One delectable mixture of a poppy seed dressing is with the proper blend of cider vinegar, white sugar, mustard powder, onion, and vegetable oil. This certain dressing is known to come perfect on fresh fruits or shredded cabbage and halved grapes. If you are craving for more, then this fine mixture of milk, distilled white vinegar, white sugar and a fat free creamy salad dressing such as Fat Free Miracle Whip will definitely satisfy. Often used on vegetable salads, such dressing is so simple and easy to make that you can make some to have it on hand on the fridge anytime you want to satisfy your hunger for some salad.

One unique recipe for a poppy seed is poppy seed cranberry bread that delivers a unique new taste for lots of people to enjoy eating bread. Baking such bread is just like what bakers usually do for an ordinary loaf of bread only it requires two table spoons of poppy seeds and fresh or frozen cranberries that are thawed and chopped. But of course, poppy seed cranberry bread is incomplete without its icing drizzled over the cooled loaf. To satisfy your craving stomach over some snacks, perhaps lemon poppy seed muffins will do the thing. These muffins are uniquely lemony but incredibly delicious in taste. Aside from two table spoons of poppy seeds, youll need some milk, vegetable oil, nonfat lemon yogurt, egg, all purpose flour, lemon zest, lemon extract, baking powder, baking soda, salt, confectioners sugar, and lemon juice. After carefully considering the proper procedures for the recipe, youll be enjoying the sweet delicious taste of lemon poppy seed muffins after baking it for only 10-12 minutes.

In most cases, there isnt no better dessert compared to a mouth watering cake. And a new and unique dessert of a sour cream poppy seed cake will just be the perfect deal for any dinner table after meals. In order to come up with such a recipe, youll be needing a yellow cake mix, instant vanilla pudding mix, vegetable oil, eggs, sour cream, orange juice, and of course, poppy seeds. To bake the cake, youll need a pre-heated oven under 175 degrees Celsius. And in less than an hour, youll be enjoying the sour cream goodness of the poppy seed cake. - 27105

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