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Cumin always shows up on these lists, whether it's with heavy metals or something else. It's to the point where I've more or less just stopped cooking with it b

Cumin always shows up on these lists, whether it's with heavy metals or something else. It's to the point where I've more or less just stopped cooking with it because I don't trust it to be safe.

dylan604 4mo ago
Get yourself a dehydrator and try making it yourself. I've started doing this with my herb garden and the catnip I grow for my cats. They much prefer the stuff I make than the stuff from the store as much as I enjoy my fresh dried (oxymoronic??) herbs. I haven't tried cumin yet. We'll see how the peppers in this years attempt at gardening goes.
enlyth 4mo ago
I probably have a weird gene or something but cumin smells like disgusting body odour to me and any food that has any trace of it I cannot eat or I will gag This doesn't happen to me with anything else, I'm not a picky eater and will happily eat literally anything else
- ripe 4mo ago
  > cumin smells like disgusting body odour You're not wrong. If you smell pure cumin (without any other spices or herbs), particularly if you grind and mix it with yogurt to make a salty lassi, you get a whiff of body odor. My kids called it "the BO drink". It's a weird thing, but the smell becomes quite different in combination with other smells. It's an ingredient in many expensive perfumes, believe it or not! [1] [1] https://www.fragrantica.com/news/CUMIN-Polarizing-Note-of-Sweat-Intimacy-3722.html https://www.fragrantica.com/news/CUMIN-Polarizing-Note-of-Sw...
- dyauspitr 4mo ago
  There is a hint of that it’s not just you but you get used to it and don’t notice it anymore. It’s kind of how most cheese has a persistent vomit smell.
trick-or-treat 4mo ago
How much heavy meals can be hiding in a pinch of cumin realistically? Maybe you should invest in a metal detector.
- account42 4mo ago
  The problem with lead (and presumably other heavy metals) is that exposure is cumulative as it gets accumulated in your body so there really isn't a safe amount.
  - trick-or-treat 4mo ago
    While that's true (we should generally avoid ingesting lead).. Lead also gets excreted reasonably quickly. In other words it's not a reason to avoid a few occasional pinches of cumin.
MrDresden 4mo ago
If this report is seeing spices from outside the EU containing contamination then there are organic options available, as I'm looking at my EU made (comes from France) organic certified Cumin.

Cumin always shows up on these lists, whether it's with heavy metals or something else. It's to the point where I've more or less just stopped cooking with it because I don't trust it to be safe.

dylan604 4mo ago

Get yourself a dehydrator and try making it yourself. I've started doing this with my herb garden and the catnip I grow for my cats. They much prefer the stuff I make than the stuff from the store as much as I enjoy my fresh dried (oxymoronic??) herbs. I haven't tried cumin yet. We'll see how the peppers in this years attempt at gardening goes.

enlyth 4mo ago

I probably have a weird gene or something but cumin smells like disgusting body odour to me and any food that has any trace of it I cannot eat or I will gag This doesn't happen to me with anything else, I'm not a picky eater and will happily eat literally anything else

ripe 4mo ago
> cumin smells like disgusting body odour You're not wrong. If you smell pure cumin (without any other spices or herbs), particularly if you grind and mix it with yogurt to make a salty lassi, you get a whiff of body odor. My kids called it "the BO drink". It's a weird thing, but the smell becomes quite different in combination with other smells. It's an ingredient in many expensive perfumes, believe it or not! [1] [1] https://www.fragrantica.com/news/CUMIN-Polarizing-Note-of-Sweat-Intimacy-3722.html https://www.fragrantica.com/news/CUMIN-Polarizing-Note-of-Sw...
dyauspitr 4mo ago
There is a hint of that it’s not just you but you get used to it and don’t notice it anymore. It’s kind of how most cheese has a persistent vomit smell.

trick-or-treat 4mo ago

How much heavy meals can be hiding in a pinch of cumin realistically? Maybe you should invest in a metal detector.

account42 4mo ago
The problem with lead (and presumably other heavy metals) is that exposure is cumulative as it gets accumulated in your body so there really isn't a safe amount.
- trick-or-treat 4mo ago
  While that's true (we should generally avoid ingesting lead).. Lead also gets excreted reasonably quickly. In other words it's not a reason to avoid a few occasional pinches of cumin.

MrDresden 4mo ago

If this report is seeing spices from outside the EU containing contamination then there are organic options available, as I'm looking at my EU made (comes from France) organic certified Cumin.