# sesame seeds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-seeds/74076>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-seeds/74076 "2001-07-28T14:00:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Donna\_Vos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@Donna\_Vos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donna_Vos)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-seeds/74076/1 "2001-07-28T14:00:04Z")

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Where do sesame seeds come from? I don’t mean what country… I mean do they grow on trees? In pods? How?

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-seeds/74076/2 "2001-07-28T14:19:38Z")

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Try [here](http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa060898.htm?terms=sesame)… maybe this will help…

🙂

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-seeds/74076/3 "2001-07-28T23:30:47Z")

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From the link:

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> Probably the most widely-known reference is “Open sesame,” the magic words used by Ali Baba to open the treasure cave in the classic tale The Thousand and One Nights.

Gasp! I always thought that was “Open says-a-me!”.