2006-11-23 00:04:38 · 14 answers · asked by May 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Saw them in local Tesco's only last night....
2006-11-23 00:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by Stevie t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brazil nuts grow on very old and high trees, so they are not
naturally cultivated. The nuts are picked off the ground and
taken to a preparation plant, here they have special machines
to crack them open without breaking the nut itself. Then they
are lightly roasted, packed and sent to the market. Sometimes
they are polished and that is when they have a light colouring.
Some are not polished and have a natural thin brown skin,
which sometimes is mistaken as being the shell. They are
highly nourishing and, although can be picked off the ground
in the greater Amazon rainforrests, the demand by the export
market has sent the prices sky high, even in Brazil.
2006-11-23 00:47:40 · answer #2 · answered by Ricky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brazil is the only country to export the nuts still in their shells.
The European Commission has branded the nuts a health risk after traces of a toxin that can cause liver cancer were found in Brazil nut shells.
I will have a look today. I have seen Walnuts in shells in ASDA but I haven't seen the range of nuts you used to be able to buy for years.
2006-11-23 00:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by keef20032006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might get them in a local health food shop although it isn't really the time at the moment. Halloween is the time when most of the brazil nuts are out.
2006-11-26 08:44:13 · answer #4 · answered by traceylill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its sad we all think supermarkets are the be-all and end-all of shopping for food.
There are a ton of farmshops that sell brazil nuts in thier shells, we have them all the time.
2006-11-23 02:52:34 · answer #5 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason you can't buy them in the shops is because you need a pile-driver to get into them. They have defeated most of my nut-crackers. Better let someone else do the opening.
2006-11-23 00:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Marks and Spencer
2006-11-23 00:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by Bella 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give 10 points to Keef20032...!! They've been really hard to get for a few years now which is a right pain as they're my favourite!
Never mind - at least that's one type of cancer avoided.
2006-11-23 01:08:22 · answer #8 · answered by bumblebee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit and veg shops, health food shops,Market stalls. to name but a few hope it helps. Merry christmas
2006-11-23 00:08:24 · answer #9 · answered by GLYN D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They had them in Waitrose and in Marks & Spencer last week.
2006-11-23 00:15:39 · answer #10 · answered by lianhua 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋