Poppy seeds! Poppies!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- An enthusiastic shout linking poppy seeds to the flower they come from.
- In plain terms
- Poppy seeds come from poppy flowers.
- What can you take from it?
- Connect food ingredients to their natural sources.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is this connection surprising?
- What other seeds do you know?
Another view
It is a very short fragment with limited depth.
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