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Default White versus blue poppy seeds

On Sep 5, 9:06�am, Goomba > wrote:
> I accidentally ordered white poppy seeds instead of blue. I'm in the
> mood to bake a lemon poppy pound cake.
>
> Is there any taste difference to bother worrying about? Until I rec'd
> these, I actually never had white poppy seeds before or knew they existed?


White poppy seeds are very different from blue poppy seeds... I
wouldn't sububstitute. All poppy seeds have a high oil content
therefore are prone to rancidity; store in fridge up to six months.

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penze...poppyseed.html