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2005-10-11 Europe

Official Links French Terror Cell, al-Qaida

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Posted by Fred 2005-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Black Cumin (Scientific name: Bunium persicum [Boiss.] B. Fedtsch.; Persian: , Zireh-kuhi; Hebrew:; Arabic: , literally seeds of blessing) is a spice that grows wild in Iran and the Mediterranean region. Sometimes called Nigella or love-in-a-mist, it is unrelated to common cumin (Cuminum Cyminum).
Nigella is an annual herbaceous plant that grows to about a foot high. It has a thin stem, laciniate leaflets, and distinctive black-spotted, blue flowers. The "seeds" used as a spice are found in the follicles on the flowers. The plant often grows as a weed.
Black cumin has a pungent bitter taste and a faint smell of strawberries. It is used primarilly in candies and liquors. In herbal medicine, black cumin has hypertensive, carminative, and anthelminthic properties.

I suspect it's use in explosives is a islamic urban myth.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-10-11 08:33|| 2005-10-11 08:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Could it be one of the perfumes they need to enter paradise?

Posted by 3dc 2005-10-11 20:13|| 2005-10-11 20:13|| Front Page Top

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