Saratoga Springs, California. Saratoga Springs (formerly, Bachelor and Pierson Springs) is an unincorporated community in Lake County, California. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Upper Lake, at an elevation of 1427 feet (435 m). The town was originally located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of its present location.
The sesame plant is an annual that can grow to a little over three feet tall. The flowers are white, pink, or pinkish-purple, and the seeds grow inside elongated pods. When harvest time rolls around, stalks are bundled and the seeds are extracted from inside their pods.
Sesame oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from sesame seeds. Besides being used as a cooking oil in South India, it is often used as a flavor enhancer in Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, Korean, and Southeast Asian cuisine.esame seeds were one of the first crops processed for oil as well as one of the earliest condiments. Sesame was cultivated during the Indus valley civilization and was the main oil crop. It was probably exported to Mesopotamia around 2500 BC. The Assyrians used sesame oil as a food, salve, and medication.