Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Readily available at my local grocery stores, health/natural food stores, or by order online. On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:45:30 -0500, Francesca Skelton <fskelton@...> wrote: > > It strikes me that these are not easily obtainable. I used to buy a > seasoning at FF made with sesame seeds (among other good things in it) but > IIRC they no longer carry it. So Rodney, where are you going to find/get > the seeds? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hi Francesca: Japanese grocery stores will always have them - toasted and untoasted. (Possibly chinese grocery stores also?). In addition there is ground sesame seeds - it looks and tastes quite like peanut butter, but I cannot recall the name of it. It is in full scale regular grocery stores here. (It is the stuff you put in hummus along with the cumin and chick peas). Rodney. > It strikes me that these are not easily obtainable. I used to buy a > seasoning at FF made with sesame seeds (among other good things in it) but > IIRC they no longer carry it. So Rodney, where are you going to find/get > the seeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Sesame seeds are readily available in most Asian (Korean, Japanese, Chinese), Indian or middle-eastern markets at very low prices. Tony === From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@e...> Date: Tue Jan 4, 2005 8:45 am Subject: sesame seeds It strikes me that these are not easily obtainable. I used to buy a seasoning at FF made with sesame seeds (among other good things in it) but IIRC they no longer carry it. So Rodney, where are you going to find/get the seeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hi Francesca: Ground sesame seeds is called " Tahini " . Rodney. > > It strikes me that these are not easily obtainable. I used to buy a > > seasoning at FF made with sesame seeds (among other good things in > it) but > > IIRC they no longer carry it. So Rodney, where are you going to > find/get > > the seeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 An earlier post in this thread was seeking the name of ground sesame seeds. The product, which has the consistency of peanut butter, is called Tahini. It's used quite a bit in Mediterrean recipes including Hummus, Baba Ganouch, in Tahini dressing and, for dessert a sweet Turkish product called Helveh or Halvah, made of tahini, sugar, and honey. The seeds are said to be prone to rancidity, but the oil is quite stable. I'm not sure why this is so. I'm also not sure how much (if any) of the lignans are present in oil. For a typical explanation of sesame and rancidity, see this site: http://www.ohhsesame.com/_wsn/page4.html I make up a batch of baba ganouch at least every other week. Mike --- In , Ruth <cccucc@m...> wrote: > I don't know about the hull size, but sesame seeds are tiny and thin. The > more expensive brand of McCormack spices has them bottled. They can turn > rancid quite easily, so I find that once the jar/package is opened it needs > to be frozen or refrigerated to preserve the freshness of the product. - > Ruth > > From: " jwwright " <jwwright@e...> > Reply- > Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:05:17 -0600 > < > > Subject: Re: [ ] Re: sesame seeds > > > The last I looked at sesame, there seemed to be a quality issue. Some of the > cheaper were " thin " . Is that just due to drying or is the seed mass just > mostly hull? > > Regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rodney <mailto:perspect1111@y...> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:33 AM > Subject: [ ] Re: sesame seeds > > > Hi Francesca: > > Japanese grocery stores will always have them - toasted and > untoasted. (Possibly chinese grocery stores also?). In addition > there is ground sesame seeds - it looks and tastes quite like peanut > butter, but I cannot recall the name of it. It is in full scale > regular grocery stores here. (It is the stuff you put in hummus > along with the cumin and chick peas). > > Rodney. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 This study show not much gamma-tocopherol is necessary in human diet to raise plasma level with moderate sesame. Nutr Cancer. 2001;39(1):66-71. Effects of dietary sesame seeds on plasma tocopherol levels. Cooney RV, Custer LJ, Okinaka L, e AA. University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. The tocopherols, the major vitamers of vitamin E, are believed to play a role in the prevention of human aging-related diseases such as cancer and heart disease, yet little is known concerning determinants of their plasma concentrations. Evidence from animal studies suggests that the dietary source of gamma-tocopherol can significantly affect plasma levels of this tocopherol as well as its functional vitamin E activity. To determine whether plasma levels of tocopherols in humans are similarly altered, a study was undertaken in which subjects (n = 9) were fed muffins containing equivalent amounts of gamma-tocopherol from sesame seeds, walnuts, or soy oil. We observed that consumption of as little as 5 mg of gamma-tocopherol per day over a three-day period from sesame seeds, but not from walnuts or soy oil, significantly elevated serum gamma-tocopherol levels (19.1% increase, p = 0.03) and depressed plasma beta-tocopherol (34% decrease, p = 0.01). No significant changes in baseline or postintervention plasma levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, or carotenoids were seen for any of the intervention groups. All subjects consuming sesame seed-containing muffins had detectable levels of the sesame lignan sesamolin in their plasma. Consumption of moderate amounts of sesame seeds appears to significantly increase plasma gamma-tocopherol and alter plasma tocopherol ratios in humans and is consistent with the effects of dietary sesame seeds observed in rats leading to elevated plasma gamma-tocopherol and enhanced vitamin E bioactivity. PMID: 11588904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://my.webmd.com/content/article/98/104807.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-12/pu-vei121404.php > > I don't know about the hull size, but sesame seeds are tiny and > thin. The > > more expensive brand of McCormack spices has them bottled. They > can turn > > rancid quite easily, so I find that once the jar/package is opened > it needs > > to be frozen or refrigerated to preserve the freshness of the > product. - > > Ruth > > > > From: " jwwright " <jwwright@e...> > > Reply- > > Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:05:17 -0600 > > < > > > Subject: Re: [ ] Re: sesame seeds > > > > > > The last I looked at sesame, there seemed to be a quality issue. > Some of the > > cheaper were " thin " . Is that just due to drying or is the seed > mass just > > mostly hull? > > > > Regards. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Rodney <mailto:perspect1111@y...> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:33 AM > > Subject: [ ] Re: sesame seeds > > > > > > Hi Francesca: > > > > Japanese grocery stores will always have them - toasted and > > untoasted. (Possibly chinese grocery stores also?). In addition > > there is ground sesame seeds - it looks and tastes quite like > peanut > > butter, but I cannot recall the name of it. It is in full scale > > regular grocery stores here. (It is the stuff you put in hummus > > along with the cumin and chick peas). > > > > Rodney. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 I use toasted sesame oil as a condiment but I don't think I've ever used the seed for anything but garnish. However, I think they'd be delicious in smoothies--I'll bet they'd taste good with cocoa and a not-too-fruity sweetener (like honey) or even with matcha. Halvah is made with sesame in the Middle East--maybe a "halvah smoothie?" Sesame seeds Hi, does anyone here use sesame seeds for nutrition in smoothies? Or anything else? Just curious k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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