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Your best methods are to use the tools nature gave you:
Visually inspect the nutmeats; you should not see signs of mold or discoloration
Smell the nuts; they should not have that rancid odor, nor (according to Eat by Date) smell like paint
Feel their weight; they should not feel light or dried out, nor slimy or wet (although the latter is very unlikely ...
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When visiting Cost Rica, my tour guide pointed out a cashew tree in a park with fruit on it. I asked if it was safe to eat and she looked at me funny and said, "Yeah, but I don't know why you'd want too." I took a bite of the apple and ate the nut. They were OK. for the rest of the day I had a burning sensation all around my lips like a hot chili pepper ...
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No one device, manual or electric, is ideal for all of the tasks that you have enumerated. Many cooks will have more than one tool, depending on the job at hand.
Some spices, particularly cinnamon, are very difficult to grind effectively at home without leaving fibrous bits that may give an unpleasant mouth feel. Of course, when infusing flavor from a ...
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There are two ways to define nuts, one botanical and the other culinary.
Botanical: It is a dry fruit containing one or two seeds, where the fruit does not open to release the seed. So, only indehiscent fruit are considered true nuts. eg. Walnut (image), pecans, chestnuts.
Culinary: A lot of seeds are called nuts even when they do not conform to the ...
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Every fruit and many vegetables you eat are seed carriers. That's true from acorns to zucchini and there's a huge variation of types and structures. Many tree nuts seem to be descended from a common ancestor which contain a particular strain of protein that sets of allergies, while other fruits and vegetables (including cocoa) do not.
Nuts by definition ...
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In the context of the labeling, they mean "tree nut" free, as many folks are allergic to tree nuts.
Technically, cocoa nibs are seeds, but they are not nuts. I have not heard of people being allergic to cocoa but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
Botanically, all nuts are seeds, but not all seeds are nuts.
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