At 04:41 PM 9/23/02 -1000, Secola/Nieft wrote:
>Yes. They are all harvested wild in the Amazonia. But usually rancid in
>markets. We sampled some fresh ones in Iquitos, Peru, and they tasted more
>like chestnuts than brazil nuts found in markets. Not altogether attractive.
I am guessing that almost all nuts that one would buy at a grocery or
health-food store then would be rancid?
This would appear to make sense given the amount of fragile EFAs contained
within their meats...?
Marilyn