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Garnish with benne seeds.
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Whitney Otawka, Country Living, 17 Mar. 2021
Stews and soups may be thickened with benne seeds, an heirloom version of sesame seeds brought over on slave ships.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Be sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder; swapping out the benne seeds with sesame seeds and maple sugar with light brown sugar is fine.
—Nicole Taylor, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021
Low country hurricane popcorn with Old Bay, cayenne, benne seed, popped sorghum berries and nori.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2021
Wilma Flinstone appears to have staged the meaty smoked pork spare ribs, the dark bark of which is sticky with honey, caramelized brown sugar and soy sauce and freckled with benne seeds.
—Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
Add 1/2 cup each sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flaxseeds, and raw benne seeds or sesame seeds.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
Using equal amounts of black and white sesame seeds produces an especially dramatic cake, but white sesame or benne seeds work well too.
—Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
For her that means benne-seed biscuits topped with local country ham and hollandaise punched up with her version of kitchen pepper, an idiosyncratic blend of pepper and warm spices.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 17 Apr. 2020
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Whitney Otawka, Country Living, 17 Mar. 2021
Stews and soups may be thickened with benne seeds, an heirloom version of sesame seeds brought over on slave ships.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Be sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder; swapping out the benne seeds with sesame seeds and maple sugar with light brown sugar is fine.
—Nicole Taylor, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021
Low country hurricane popcorn with Old Bay, cayenne, benne seed, popped sorghum berries and nori.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2021
Wilma Flinstone appears to have staged the meaty smoked pork spare ribs, the dark bark of which is sticky with honey, caramelized brown sugar and soy sauce and freckled with benne seeds.
—Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
Add 1/2 cup each sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flaxseeds, and raw benne seeds or sesame seeds.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
Using equal amounts of black and white sesame seeds produces an especially dramatic cake, but white sesame or benne seeds work well too.
—Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
For her that means benne-seed biscuits topped with local country ham and hollandaise punched up with her version of kitchen pepper, an idiosyncratic blend of pepper and warm spices.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 17 Apr. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
of African origin; akin to Malinke bĕne sesame
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined above
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“Benne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benne. Accessed 21 Sep. 2023.
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