At 02:44 PM 3/30/01 EST, Charles Alban wrote:
>
>Better cooked - well, cooking is only heating. The natives parched seeds
>("lightly roasted") on hot stones. You can eat them uncooked, and the natives
>did. They did both. I think parching makes them split, so it's easier to
>remove the husk.

Out of curiosity, have you tried grinding them withe the husks on?  I find
that on those occasions when I get pumpkin seeds and often with sunflower
seeds, as well, I eat about 1/3 of them as is...

Dianne