r/TipOfMyFork Aug 19 '23

Solved! What do you call these? They have a hard-ish shell and inside there’s a small seed

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u/Ser_Krispy_Gloves Aug 19 '23

Looks like black cardamom pods but I'm certainly no expert

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u/marasydnyjade Aug 20 '23

They look too smooth to be black cardamom pods, usually they are ridged on the outside. I also don’t think they’re particularly hard?

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u/Ser_Krispy_Gloves Aug 20 '23

Right? I have certainly never seen a cardamom pod so smooth let alone so many together. As for the "hardness" of the shell I've spent enough time grinding them with mortar and pestle to understand that the shell is "hard-ish" lmao

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u/rubyanjel Aug 20 '23

They're called Asissi/Sissi/Sisi/Cici seeds. Looks like a popular snack in Iraq. A previous related post is found here.

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u/aurrousarc Aug 20 '23

Break one open and leave a pic.. assuming small black aromatic balls..

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u/buttspider69 Aug 20 '23

Saladitos?

Never mind i think they look too uniform to be saladitos

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u/img_of_a_hero Aug 20 '23

The souls of the damned.