Poppy Seeds are tiny nutty-tasting, blue-gray seeds indigenous to the Mediterranean. Today, Holland Australia and the Czech Repblic are the main producers of poppy seeds.
 
Poppy Seeds are used to flavor breads, cakes, rolls, and cookies in European and Middle Eastern cooking. In Turkey, they are often ground and used in desserts. In India, the seeds are ground and used to thicken sauces. The seeds are also used in noodle, fish, and vegetable dishes in Jewish, German, and Slavic cooking.