I grow poppies in my garden, can I use the seeds from the dried heads when baking bread, etc?

Question

I grow poppies in my garden, can I use the seeds from the dried heads when baking bread, etc?

Answer 1

Yes, as long as they're good old British poppies.  The usual type we see here are Corn Poppies, (Papaver rhoeas), also known as Flanders Poppy.

Opium poppies are a totally different species (Papaver somniferum).

Answer 2

I don't see why not. Don't eat the seeds from the tall white with a little pink in them though. You'll get addicted.

Answer 3

Yes - we do that.