Okay, so I'm sitting here wanting to make something a little more elaborate to eat either tonight or for tomorrow. I'm thumbing through the book and all the recipes I WANT to make ask for those darned macademia nuts that I can't seem to get my hands on!
How important are they? Is there anything that can take their place in the crepes? the cheeses? the fettuccine sauce?
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11-09-2004 02:27 PM #1
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Mad about lack of Macs...
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You can use cashews instead. they usually substitute fine for the mac's
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11-09-2004 03:08 PM #3
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Cool...Thanks!
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11-09-2004 03:18 PM #4
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Good to know. Those darn macs are crazy expensive.
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11-09-2004 05:58 PM #5
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Rawk....is it the cost of the macs or just locating them? Whole Foods has supposedly raw macadamia nuts.
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11-09-2004 11:01 PM #6
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Are cashews hard to find raw? Seems I read somewhere when they process them they cooked them or something.
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11-09-2004 11:15 PM #7
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It's locating them. I'll try Whole Foods (although they're kind of a ways away from me) Thanks
Originally Posted by Smileen
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11-10-2004 06:06 AM #8
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I'm glad you posted this Rawkinlocs. I haven't been able to find raw macadamias either. The last two times I searched for them at Whole Foods I couldn't find them. The natural foods co-op I go to doesn't have them either. (They did have them for sale at the restaurant I was at last night - but whew. $10 for a tiny little bag?! I couldn't do it.)
Glad to know I can use cashews and still make Alissa's recipes!
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11-10-2004 07:40 AM #9
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Curtis, Originally Posted by Curtis
Yes, most places do use heat processing on their cashews. You can get "really raw" cashews from eatraw.com.Melanie
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11-10-2004 09:39 AM #10
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Melanie,
do you know if those really raw cashews taste different from the ones you can buy at the store?
tx!
Joke
btw: I ordered once from eatraw.com and I decided to buy some macs, boy they were so good!!
After that I ordered some macs at www.orkos.com (who deliver to belgium, france and germany I think) but they had just cracked shell, they are a real pain to open, some were okay, but others I couldn't open yet, some shells aren't even cracked... so if you have the choice, buy the shelled ones, unless you LIKE to break them with a few rocks ;)
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11-10-2004 11:18 AM #11
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Joke - You're funny! I've seen unshelled ones online and was wondering how people got into them! Originally Posted by Jay
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11-10-2004 12:10 PM #12
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Hee hee
it's true though, I just can't seem to be able to open 'em up! I have about 10 that are still in their shell, i just put them in a bowl and use them as decoration!
My dad suggested I should use one of his tools: a vice!!
I think that will work, because some nutcrackers work with the same principle, so if your DH or dad is a handyman, you can buy them unshelled ;)
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