[Sca-cooks] Beech Nuts for Atraf al-tib

[Daniel Myers]

Quoted from Philippa Alderton - 5/15/02, 12:58 PM -0700:
>--- lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
>> They also say that beech nuts are about 1/2 shell
>> (!), and that the
>> nuts stick very firmly to the shell, both reasons
>> why beech nuts are
>> not available commercially.
>>
>> But i'm willing to arm myself with a hammer and nut
>> pick in the cause
>> of food science...
>
>I just checked- the ones they were calling beech nuts
>really were beech nuts. I can get you some next time
>I'm in Ohio- how many do you want?
>
>Better warn you, though, Country Wisdom uses last
>years crop, lets this year's dry for a year. If I get
>you some, they'll be dry, but in the shell....

I'm currently in Ohio.  If there's somewhere near Cincinnati that they can
be easily found/purchased let me know and I'll send some to both of you.


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