[Sca-cooks] grinding nuts

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

>
> Hi there.  Here is my two cents on the subject.
>
> I have used the grinders and they are ok.  I don't have, but have used a
> food processer and that is one reason I don't have one, I have used a morter
> and pesel with grand success and sore arms, I have used a hammer, I have
> used a metal flattener, I have even gone so far as to run over a bag with a
> steam roller (dry run)(no kidding!)which actually worked rather well.  And
> **THAT** is why I buy the #10 7 pound can of already made paste.  Besides,
> what I pay for 7 pounds already made is so much cheaper than the whole nuts.
>
> Olwen, they don't call me odd for nutin!


Where do you get your almond paste? Not living with my parents anymore, I
can't just run down to the Dutch bakery and get it in 1 lb disks, and I
haven't found a good source in the Twin Cities. Granted, I haven't been
looking all that hard, but still...

Margaret