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