http://illumealli.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] illumealli.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sarahfae 2009-09-10 11:43 pm (UTC)

Hi Sarafae

I notice you use cashews a lot, and was wondering if you're aware they're a food commonly labeled raw, but they're not? I use the Eureka Natural Foods cashews anyway cuz I'm not that strict & don't use them often.
Only bringing it up b/c you have been concerned about that lately. I've read in a few places that the majority of "raw" cashews are not raw from the process used to separate it from the shell.

http://www.living-foods.com/articles/rawcashew.html
http://www.rawguru.com/nuts.html
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/real%20letters/ltr_arecashewsraw.html
http://goneraw.com/recipe/raw-strawberry-pie (in comments)
http://www.starchefs.com/news/press_releases/html/newsdetails.php?news_id=1389

Some truely raw options:

http://www.amazon.com/Navitas-Naturals-Really-Cashews-16-Ounce/dp/B001EQ5HRU
http://www.rawguru.com/store/raw-food/truly-raw-wild-cashews-1-lb.html

Here is one person who claims they are okay, but I'd like to see more than one person's experiment....

http://www.livingtreecommunity.com/store2/faqs.asp (at end of page)


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