“If life hands you lemons, make lemonade! Words to live by, especially when you kept in mind that the only way to make them into lemonade was to squeeze the hell out of them.”
— Stephen King
Bake a lemon poppyseed loaf, Bake a tasty opiate loaf.
Poppy Seeds, those tiny innocent-looking black kernels that get stuck in your teeth, contain trace amounts of opiates and may cause people, especially Elaine Benes from Seinfeld, to flunk their drug test. As a matter of fact, they are banned in Singapore. In small quantities, as in baked goods, salad dressings, or granola, they are harmless, but in large quantities, they can be dangerously habit-forming and are predominantly used for pain management by healthcare professionals. Humans figured out this attribute of poppy seeds a while ago as archeological evidence reveals that Egyptians used poppy seeds as a sedative. However, there is no evidence of them baking with it, so sad.
This lemon poppyseed loaf tastes sweet and tangy, bursting with a zesty mouth-watering citrus flavor because our recipe includes a generous amount of lemon zest layered throughout the batter along with fresh lemon juice to maximize that fruity tangy edge we love. The Rosewater in the recipe is my Persian touch that may be skipped, but this is the ingredient that usually has everyone intrigued.
Have fun baking.
