On Wed 27 Jul 2005 09:55:19a, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Monsur Fromage du Pollet" > wrote in message
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>> sf wrote on 27 Jul 2005 in rec.food.cooking
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>>> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:40:33 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
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>>> > >http://www.mahlkonig.com/index.html?...es/op-em43.htm
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>>> > 3.5 lbs / min !
>>>
>>> Why would a home user want that amount???
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>> 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
>
> Some recipes call for "ground" poppy seeds. That releases their flavour
> which isn't too apparent when whole.
>
> But you'd probably be a bakery to need that amount.

Not necessarily. I put nearly a pound in each poppyseed roll that I make.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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