Pam wrote:
  <<      I have also found that most brands of nuts and sunflowers seeds
are either packed with/in peanut oil, or "may contain traces of other
nuts" and peanuts make me very ill. Not an allergy, but a definite
intolerance.>>

Pam:

You need to find "raw" (read unprocessed) nuts.  Try a health food store.  I
have found 2 lb. bags of raw almonds, pecans and walnuts at Costco/Sam's Club
for really reasonable prices.  I ordered my last batch of macadamia nuts raw
from a site on the web.  I don't have the info at work with me, will post that
info tomorrow.  The site I ordered from charges 8.00/lb to crack and clean the
nuts.  All you get are large, sweet macadamias that have not been roasted or
salted!!! What a treat.

Elsa