[Lardman]

Self seeded - I assume from next-door's bird seed.

Other than being pretty is it of any practical use ? Do I need millions of flowers to have enough seed to make a loaf?

[geordiekev]

There was a program on TV a few weeks back, a man had eaten some poppy seed bread, he had a random drug test at work. it was found that he had residual morphine/heroin in his urine/blood. Unknowingly. He was sacked from his job. His employers were not willing to believe that he had eaten poppy seed bread to have such a reading. One of the TV shows' presenters also did the same thing and was also found to have the same drugs in her urine/blood. Doesn't make you high just leaves residuals in your blood and urine.

[sunshineband]

That's very interesting geordiekev. We use our home grown poppy seeds to top bread rolls and happily give them to the grandchildren to eat.

Now I wonder if this is perhaps a bit irresponsible

[snowdrops]

I think there is a certain edible poppy seed, unfortunately I don't know which one

[gobs]

The white flowered ones are not allowed to be grown, legally, anything else goes, last I looked.

You are all right, Pieman, a load of seeds in one pod, more than one loaf per one. For poppy seed pasta, you need a few more pods.

[gobs]

There was a program on TV a few weeks back, a man had eaten some poppy seed bread, he had a random drug test at work. it was found that he had residual morphine/heroin in his urine/blood. Unknowingly. He was sacked from his job. His employers were not willing to believe that he had eaten poppy seed bread to have such a reading. One of the TV shows' presenters also did the same thing and was also found to have the same drugs in her urine/blood. Doesn't make you high just leaves residuals in your blood and urine.

I wonder. Could you link to this show, perhaps?

And at what work do you you get random drug tests?

I would not believe either, that from eating a poppy seed bread you would get high on morphine. I think, it's simply gibberish.

[geordiekev]

Never said you got high on morphine, there were amounts in blood/urine which implied that drugs were consumed by that person. The readings were small but enough for that person to be dismissed. I think it was on Gayle Hunnicuts program.

[Lardman]

I'll leave them to dry and use the seeds in the kitchen then but if it's going to drop seeds all over the place it's coming out - I've got enough weeds thank-you 
 
At least they are easy to pull out!

[AnneB]

There was a program on TV a few weeks back, a man had eaten some poppy seed bread, he had a random drug test at work. it was found that he had residual morphine/heroin in his urine/blood. Unknowingly. He was sacked from his job. His employers were not willing to believe that he had eaten poppy seed bread to have such a reading. One of the TV shows' presenters also did the same thing and was also found to have the same drugs in her urine/blood. Doesn't make you high just leaves residuals in your blood and urine.

I wonder. Could you link to this show, perhaps?

And at what work do you you get random drug tests?

I would not believe either, that from eating a poppy seed bread you would get high on morphine. I think, it's simply gibberish.

This is the report.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/29/angela-rippon-tested-positive-opiates-eating-poppy-seed-bread/

[sunshineband]

Thank you for that, AnneB

I think I shall carry on as before, using our own poppy seed from time to time. We do have plenty of it ....