Nirvana - Singapore style

Poppy seeds trivia

• In an episode of Seinfeld, the character Elaine tested positive for opioids in a round of tests mandated by her workplace. She eventually found out that this was coming from her daily consumption of poppy-seed muffin.
• The sale of poppy seeds from Papaver somniferum is banned in Singapore due to the morphine content.
• Poppy seeds are also banned in Saudi Arabia due to various religious and drug control reasons.
• Poppy is widely consumed in many parts of central and eastern Europe. The sugared, milled mature seeds are eaten with pasta or they are boiled with milk and used as filling or topping on various kinds of sweet pastry. Some consider this cuisine tradition to have Pagan roots.
• Poppy seeds are widely used in Bengali cuisine.