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walnuts in shells
Gav - 15/12/10 at 04:36 PM

As lad i remember every christmas my dad always used to have a bag of walnuts and brazil nuts and a nut cracker to open them with.

Carnt seem to find them anywere now been to a few super markets and health food shop, anyone know where i can get some?

adithorp - 15/12/10 at 04:39 PM

Decent green grocer?

Gav - 15/12/10 at 04:43 PM

humm, might be worth a shot cheers!

marcjagman - 15/12/10 at 04:45 PM

My local tesco has loads of nuts on display, and some of the eating sort aswell.

Howlor - 15/12/10 at 04:47 PM

I recall there is a problem with Brazil nut shells being carcinogenic. Thats why many places dont stock them!

Steve

MakeEverything - 15/12/10 at 04:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Howlor
I recall there is a problem with Brazil nut shells being carcinogenic. Thats why many places dont stock them!

Steve


Lol, i hated cracking open and eating nuts anyway, but for some reason i find that really funny.

adithorp - 15/12/10 at 05:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Howlor
I recall there is a problem with Brazil nut shells being carcinogenic. Thats why many places dont stock them!

Steve


You're not supposed to eat the shells! It never stops them selling fags!

AndyW - 15/12/10 at 05:44 PM

ive got 4 carrier bags full of walnuts, collected from the tree which over hangs the bottom of our garden.

interestedparty - 15/12/10 at 06:08 PM

People use walnut shells as a blasting media, also they used to use them to provide a non slip surface on the backs of Ovation guitars, so I reckon that's where they've all gone.

blakep82 - 15/12/10 at 06:16 PM

ok, expensive for a small bag (where you used to get them loose) but
tesco

norfolkluego - 15/12/10 at 06:28 PM

M&S sell them (in Norwich anyway)

MikeRJ - 15/12/10 at 06:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Howlor
I recall there is a problem with Brazil nut shells being carcinogenic. Thats why many places dont stock them!

Steve


It's true, the good old EU sticking their oar in again. They set some fairly strict rules on the amount of aflatoxins that were permitted in tree nut shells and it's quite difficult (expensive) to get Brazil nuts through IIRC.

Some more information here

StrikerChris - 15/12/10 at 07:44 PM

Should of gone out picking!been munching on nuts.... berries,rabbits etc all year

caber - 15/12/10 at 08:48 PM

Waitrose near me!
Caber

designer - 15/12/10 at 10:46 PM

You can't buy brazil nuts in shells any more.

mistergrumpy - 15/12/10 at 10:51 PM

I've a bag of nuts if you want to see them Gav

Ninehigh - 16/12/10 at 08:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mistergrumpy
I've a bag of nuts if you want to see them Gav


Does he get to crack them open too?

Got some from Morrison's last week (Walnuts not Grumpy's nuts!)