Mak
The colors of poppy flowers include: white, pink, orange, red and blue; some have dark marks in the middle.The center of the flower has curved strawberries surrounded by a round or cup-shaped set of four to six petals.Pollen oriental poppy, lat. Papaver Orientale, is a dark blue color. Pollen of Polish poppy (lat. Papaver rhoeas) is from dark blue to gray. Bees use Mac as a pollen source.Mak has been used for a long time as a symbol of sleep and death: sleep because of opium extracted from it, and death due to their bloody red color. In Greek-Roman myths, poppy is used as a gift to the dead. Mak was used as an emblem on tombstones to signify eternal sleep.The white poppy seed belongs to the Indian species. It is added to the dish for the density, texture and aroma in recipes.Opium poppy seed (lat. Papaver somniferum) is widely consumed in many parts of central and eastern Europe. Frozen, ground mature seeds are eaten with pasta, or cooked with milk and used as a fill or as a dressing for different types of sweet pasta. Milling of ripe seeds is carried out either industrial or at home, where it is usually done by a hand mill.
Poppy seeds are widely used in the Andrés, Bengal, Oriental, German, Ukrainian, Malabar, Romanian, Hungarian and Austrian cuisines.