MIXED DRIED POPPY FLOWER FUNDAMENTALS EXPLAINED

Can you actually take in a poppy pod like an apple? I expected them to be like pods, with seeds in them. Not sound or vegetable like.I brewed tea out of these as typical but authorized the h2o to evaporate away for several hours and several hours without the need of ever boiling. What I've left is a sticky, muddy, brown compound that looks a great