The lettuce is for high or low blood pressure. It is also good for the hair, while onion oil is good for diabetes, and watercress increases the appetite. All the oils are also good for straightforward cooking. Lettuce or cumin oil over some fuul is the best thing to eat. Despite the long list of benefits, however, people are no longer interested in Bakour's ware.
People now buy bottled oil.
Also people now buy medicines instead of taking traditional remedies. Not long ago, farmers used to bring in sacks of seeds, which would be squeezed to order for the year's household use. During those days, there were two camels and five people working the press. The problem today, however, is not just competition between bottled oil and modern health care. So it is very difficult to get seeds.