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What is a seed? Well, my favorite answer to that question came to me from a wonderful botanist named Carol Baskin, who has been studying seeds for over 40 years.

And she tells her botany 101 students that a seed is a baby plant in a box with its lunch.

A adorable and delicious. We get to eat a baby plant and it's lunch at the same time.

You are a cruel lady, Cynthia Grayberg. It's true, but these lunch boxes of deliciousness are just what we're talking about today.

We, of course, are gastropod, the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and history. I'm Cynthia Grayberg, as you just said, Nikki.

And yes, I am Nikki, full name, Nikola Twilly. And this episode we have a story about a very special seed.

As seed, you've probably never come across, although it is popular in Asia. Lotus seeds.

They seem to have this nearly miraculous ability to live well forever. Some seeds have survived for more than a thousand years and then germinated into beautiful flowering plants.

How in the world can they last this long? And what can we learn from how they do it?

Plus, the most important question. How do these magical lotus seeds taste?

All that and more on this special episode of Gastropod, a bonus episode in between our usual biweekly shows. To help us out, we have a guest.

Hi, guys. My name's Ellen Bennett. Ellen Bennett is the host of a Flavor Forecast video series made by McCormick and company.

And McCormick sponsored today's episode. Their Flavor Forecast identifies top trends and ingredients to discover the tastes of tomorrow.

Created by a global team of McCormick experts, including chefs, culinary professionals, trend trackers and food technologists,

the Flavor Forecast inspires culinary exploration and innovation around the world.

The McCormick folks predict that seeds, the ones you might not have tried yet, they're one of the big flavor trends on your horizon.

They think you're soon going to be experimenting with basil seeds and black sesame seeds and lotus seeds. And Ellen is on it.

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