I am so confused about this whole NUT-THING!!!

[Purl]

Okay-I know I am supposed to soak them, then dehydrate them...but I suppose that each nut needs to be soaked differently-am some none at all, right? Is there some kind of chart I can look at.

How long do you dehydrate them and then can you freeze them? Can you use them right out of the freezer?

When Alissa's recipes call for almonds, walnuts, etc-are we to assume that we have already soaked and dehydrated them?

This is the major thing holding me back from soem of the recipes.... :confused:

[earth_sista]

i think that its best to soak then dehydrate. i know not everyone does this or even soaks all nuts, but i've found that my body can definitely tell the difference between soaked and unsoaked....

oh, and i just soak em overnight. i've read its not good to freeze nuts because it destroys certain vitamins

[rawispeace]

I would think that when i recipe calls for you to soak nuts then do so but you dont have to dehydrate them after that. I would think that people soak them to release the enzymes and dehydrate them after that if they are eating them by themselves becuase they dont like to eat soggy nuts.

[exurb]

purl, the chart I always go to (or at least did in the early days) is in Renee Loux Underkoffler's book -- I highly recommend the book.