in common with roasted coffee (furfurylthiol) Sesame seeds are made into the seasoned Middle Eastern paste called tahini, are added to rice balls and made into a tofu-like cake with arrowroot in Japan, and made into a sweet paste in China, as well as decorating a variety of baked goods in Europe and the United States Sesame oil is also extracted from toasted seeds (360–400ºF/180–200ºC for 10–30 minutes) and used as a flavoring The oil is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation and rancidity, which results from high levels of antioxidant phenolic compounds (lignans), some vitamin E, and products of the browning reactions that occur during the more thorough toasting Sunflower Seeds The flower of Helianthus annuus, the only North American native to become a significant world crop, is a composite of a hundred or more small flowers, each of which produces a small fruit like the “seed” of the strawberry, a single seed contained in a thin hull The seed is mainly storage cotyledons The sunflower originated in the American Southwest, was domesticated in Mexico nearly 3,500 years before the arrival of European explorers, and brought to Europe around 1510 as a decorative plant The first large crops were grown in France and Bavaria in the 18th century to produce vegetable oil Today, the world’s leading producer by far is Russia Improved Russian oil varieties were grown in North America during World War II, and sunflower is now one of the top annual oil crops worldwide The eating varieties are larger than the oil types, with decoratively striped hulls that are easily removed Sunflower seeds are especially rich in phenolic antioxidants and vitamin E ...like the “seed” of the strawberry, a single seed contained in a thin hull The seed is mainly storage cotyledons The sunflower originated in the American Southwest, was domesticated... nearly 3,500 years before the arrival of European explorers, and brought to Europe around 1510 as a decorative plant The first large crops were grown in France and Bavaria in the 18th century to produce... Today, the world’s leading producer by far is Russia Improved Russian oil varieties were grown in North America during World War II, and sunflower is now one of the top annual oil crops worldwide The