Washington, D.C. native Joseph Lamour is a lover of food: its past, its present and the science behind it. With food, you can bring opposites together to form a truly marvelous combination, and he strives to take that sentiment to heart in all that he does.
A plot line straight out of “Seinfeld” is playing out in the real world on the other side of the Pacific. On July 9, South Korea’s MBC News reported on a growing phenomenon happening at airports involving an in-demand stateside spice: Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend. The über-popular American seasoning includes a combination of white and black sesame seeds, dried garlic, dried onion, poppy seeds and sea salt flakes.
com’s request for comment. Even though Elaine Benes’s poppy seed plot on “Seinfeld” seems far-fetched, there is a scientific reality behind why countries are banning the seed. In South Korea, poppy seeds are considered a narcotic because of their relation to opium and are therefore banned. While poppy seeds themselves don’t contain opiates, they can be contaminated during the harvesting process. The contamination would come by way of the poppy plant’s milky fluid, which does contain opiates.
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