On Wed 27 Jul 2005 10:57:57a, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 27 Jul 2005 14:06:22 +0200, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Wed 27 Jul 2005 03:49:09a, Monsur Fromage du Pollet wrote in
>> rec.food.cooking:
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>> > sf wrote on 27 Jul 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>> >
>> >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:40:33 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > >http://www.mahlkonig.com/index.html?...es/op-em43.htm
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 3.5 lbs / min !
>> >>
>> >> Why would a home user want that amount???
>> >
>> > You got me? Hell about 1 oz of poppy seeds makes me good for a year.
>> > Pre grinding them as far as I know would only waste them
>> >
>>
>> Depends on what you're baking/cooking. I make traditinal Slovak
>> poppyseed rolls twice a year. I use 2 pounds at a crack when I bake
>> these.
>
> Holy cow! No wonder you don't make them any more often.
>
>
>

I used to able to buy them better than I could make them. The old Slovak
women at the churches used to bake and sell them. Now that it's no longer
a source for me, I bake my own and have to say that I've gotten as good at
it as they were. Still, it's time consuming.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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