There is no way your seeds should be moist. If you put them in your cast iron skillet and stir them constantly then they should be crisp. Now for your stomach, it doesn't matter is you cook them that is fine. If the taste is strong then you did not cook them long enough. It must be on extremely low heat and let them cool before putting them in your grinder. They are expensive from that place so I know that is dishartening, so take the moist ones and put them in the vinegar.

I am thinking you cooked the seeds to quickly. Put them in the oven on a temp of 300 degrees and heat them and check them often. The taste has to be bland. If you can stand the strong taste then go for that, but it is hard on your stomach.

Black seeds hold water, so when using black seeds you will tend not to loose weight.

The other thing how is it they hurt your grinder, wierd, what kind of seeds do they have? I will have to go to the site and look at this.

SARA