Sunflower seeds - my story

If any one remembers... :):):)

When I was may be 11 - 12 years old, almost every summer day me and my friends used to buy a small bag of fried sunflower seeds on out local market. It was 25 pennies (kopeek:)) for a tiny newspaper bag. Mostly old ladies were selling it. 

One time my mother caught me buying and she said:"What are you crazy? Why are you buying it. Do you know they put their hands and feet in it!" Of course I did not listen my mom. Later one of the those old ladies told me that hot (warm) sunflower seeds prevent arthritis. And that lady at that time was may be 60 years old and she is still fine now.