"Poppy Seeds"

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21 December 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND – DECEMBER 21: Makielki, a traditional Polish dish also called 'kluski z makiem' (poppy seed noodles), is displayed during the 29th annual Christmas Eve food handout, a charity event organized by Krakow restaurateur and philanthropist Jan Kosciuszko, in the UNESCO-listed Main Market Square in Krakow, Poland, on December 21, 2025. The annual initiative provides free festive meals to people in need, including the homeless, elderly and low-income residents, continuing a long-standing tradition of community support ahead of Christmas.

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21 December 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND – DECEMBER 21: Traditional Polish Christmas cakes, including makowiec (poppy seed roll), sernik (cheesecake), and cakes filled with walnuts or chestnuts, are served during the 29th annual Christmas Eve food handout, a charity event organized by Krakow restaurateur and philanthropist Jan Kosciuszko, in the UNESCO-listed Main Market Square in Krakow, Poland, on December 21, 2025. The initiative provides festive meals to people in need, including the homeless, elderly, and low-income residents, continuing a long-standing tradition of community support ahead of Christmas.

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21 December 2025

Poppy seeds noodles are seen during the Christmas Eve for Homeless and People in Need at Main Square in Krakow, Poland on December 21, 2025. Every year before Christmas local restaurants owner Jan Kosciuszko organizes warm meal handout.

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23 December 2024

Poppy seed cakes in a pastry shop are seen on the street in Krakow, Poland, on December 22, 2024.

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23 December 2024

KRAKOW, POLAND - DECEMBER 22: A basket of traditional Krakow obwarzanki - braided, ring-shaped bread boiled and sprinkled with salt, sesame, or poppy seeds - as people line up for Christmas dishes during the 28th annual 'Christmas Eve - Christmas Food Handout,' a charity event by restaurateur Jan Kosciuszko in Krakow's UNESCO-listed Market Square, on December 22, 2024 in Krakow, Poland.

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18 November 2024

KRAKOW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 18: A vendor of traditional Krakow obwarzanki (a braided, ring-shaped bread boiled and sprinkled with salt, sesame, or poppy seeds) sits at the corner of Krakow's Main Market Square on a cold, wintery Monday afternoon, seen on November 17, 2024 in Krakow, Poland.

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3 October 2024

Poppy seed cakes are seen in a cafe in Krakow, Poland on October 1, 2024.

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#10360816

12 August 2023

Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. It is still widely used in many countries, especially in Central Europe and South Asia, where it is legally grown and sold in shops. The seeds are used whole or ground into the meal as an ingredient in many foods - especially in pastry and bread - and they are pressed to yield poppyseed oil. The cultivation of opium in India is highly regulated and monitored. Legal cultivation of opium for medicinal purposes is carried out in India, only in selected areas, under free licensing conditions. India is the world's largest manufacturer of legal opium for the pharmaceutical industry according to the CIA World Factbook. India is one among 12 countries in the world where legal cultivation for medical use is permissible within the ambit of the United Nations, Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961. In India, legal cultivation is done primarily in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Despite producing poppy for opium production India depends heavily on imports to meet the need for Poppy seed for edible purposes and domestic Codeine demand for medical purposes (more than 30% by imports). Opium is heavily imported from top-producing nations like Afghanistan. There is also an account of Opium black marketing in India. In Indian cuisine, white poppy seeds are added for thickness, texture and flavor to recipes. A vial of white poppy seeds is at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 12/08/2023.

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#10360818

12 August 2023

Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. It is still widely used in many countries, especially in Central Europe and South Asia, where it is legally grown and sold in shops. The seeds are used whole or ground into the meal as an ingredient in many foods - especially in pastry and bread - and they are pressed to yield poppyseed oil. The cultivation of opium in India is highly regulated and monitored. Legal cultivation of opium for medicinal purposes is carried out in India, only in selected areas, under free licensing conditions. India is the world's largest manufacturer of legal opium for the pharmaceutical industry according to the CIA World Factbook. India is one among 12 countries in the world where legal cultivation for medical use is permissible within the ambit of the United Nations, Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961. In India, legal cultivation is done primarily in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Despite producing poppy for opium production India depends heavily on imports to meet the need for Poppy seed for edible purposes and domestic Codeine demand for medical purposes (more than 30% by imports). Opium is heavily imported from top-producing nations like Afghanistan. There is also an account of Opium black marketing in India. In Indian cuisine, white poppy seeds are added for thickness, texture and flavor to recipes. A vial of white poppy seeds is at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 12/08/2023.

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#10360820

12 August 2023

Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. It is still widely used in many countries, especially in Central Europe and South Asia, where it is legally grown and sold in shops. The seeds are used whole or ground into the meal as an ingredient in many foods - especially in pastry and bread - and they are pressed to yield poppyseed oil. The cultivation of opium in India is highly regulated and monitored. Legal cultivation of opium for medicinal purposes is carried out in India, only in selected areas, under free licensing conditions. India is the world's largest manufacturer of legal opium for the pharmaceutical industry according to the CIA World Factbook. India is one among 12 countries in the world where legal cultivation for medical use is permissible within the ambit of the United Nations, Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961. In India, legal cultivation is done primarily in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Despite producing poppy for opium production India depends heavily on imports to meet the need for Poppy seed for edible purposes and domestic Codeine demand for medical purposes (more than 30% by imports). Opium is heavily imported from top-producing nations like Afghanistan. There is also an account of Opium black marketing in India. In Indian cuisine, white poppy seeds are added for thickness, texture and flavor to recipes. A vial of white poppy seeds is at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 12/08/2023.

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12 August 2023

Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. It is still widely used in many countries, especially in Central Europe and South Asia, where it is legally grown and sold in shops. The seeds are used whole or ground into the meal as an ingredient in many foods - especially in pastry and bread - and they are pressed to yield poppyseed oil. The cultivation of opium in India is highly regulated and monitored. Legal cultivation of opium for medicinal purposes is carried out in India, only in selected areas, under free licensing conditions. India is the world's largest manufacturer of legal opium for the pharmaceutical industry according to the CIA World Factbook. India is one among 12 countries in the world where legal cultivation for medical use is permissible within the ambit of the United Nations, Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961. In India, legal cultivation is done primarily in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Despite producing poppy for opium production India depends heavily on imports to meet the need for Poppy seed for edible purposes and domestic Codeine demand for medical purposes (more than 30% by imports). Opium is heavily imported from top-producing nations like Afghanistan. There is also an account of Opium black marketing in India. In Indian cuisine, white poppy seeds are added for thickness, texture and flavor to recipes. A vial of white poppy seeds is at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 12/08/2023.

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#10360824

12 August 2023

Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The tiny, kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. It is still widely used in many countries, especially in Central Europe and South Asia, where it is legally grown and sold in shops. The seeds are used whole or ground into the meal as an ingredient in many foods - especially in pastry and bread - and they are pressed to yield poppyseed oil. The cultivation of opium in India is highly regulated and monitored. Legal cultivation of opium for medicinal purposes is carried out in India, only in selected areas, under free licensing conditions. India is the world's largest manufacturer of legal opium for the pharmaceutical industry according to the CIA World Factbook. India is one among 12 countries in the world where legal cultivation for medical use is permissible within the ambit of the United Nations, Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961. In India, legal cultivation is done primarily in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Despite producing poppy for opium production India depends heavily on imports to meet the need for Poppy seed for edible purposes and domestic Codeine demand for medical purposes (more than 30% by imports). Opium is heavily imported from top-producing nations like Afghanistan. There is also an account of Opium black marketing in India. In Indian cuisine, white poppy seeds are added for thickness, texture and flavor to recipes. A vial of white poppy seeds is at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 12/08/2023.

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30 August 2021

Poppies growing in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on June 08, 2009.

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30 August 2021

Poppies growing in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on June 08, 2009.

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30 August 2021

Poppies growing in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on June 08, 2009.

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20 April 2019

Poppy seed cake (makowiec) for people participating in the annual Easter meal for homeless and people in need organised by the Gdansk restaurateurs are seen on 20 April 2019 in Gdansk, Poland

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