Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:57:43 -0700, Mort wrote:
>
>> After tasting a new brand of packaged almonds I had just bought
>> I noticed it had a pretty bland flavor and a cardboardy
>> texture. Toasting them helped a bit (as it always does)
>> but it was still an inferior almond experienced.
>>
>> Then I noted the package said "steam pasteurized".
>> No wonder the texture was permanently destroyed.
>> They were steamed and so was I. Those things are not
>> cheap.
>>
>> I need to make sure I don't fall for this one again.
>
> Never heard of pasteurizing nuts. Sounds like they collected them
> off the ground and needed to sterilize them. Are they Odwalla
> brand? ;-)
>


That's another thing. WTF are pasteurizing and nuts doing
in the same sentence? Yet more food safety paranoia?

I toast/roast almost all the nuts I use anyway. I don't
need help with that.

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Mort