they are dried first in the sun.
when ready they taste and look just like almonds! yummy!
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apricot seeds
iv just discovered you can eat the stone inside the apricots!
they are dried first in the sun.
when ready they taste and look just like almonds! yummy!
they are dried first in the sun.
when ready they taste and look just like almonds! yummy!
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Re: apricot seeds
Mmmm yes they are nice. A lot of manufactured almondy products use them, battenberg cakes, macaroons etc. Cheaper but still good.
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Re: apricot seeds
Yes, they are delicious, but don't overdo it - they have cyanide in!
Here's some advice on the subject: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/rea ... -poisonous
Here's some advice on the subject: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/rea ... -poisonous
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Re: apricot seeds
The FSA has recommended that only two per day are eatenZech wrote:Yes, they are delicious, but don't overdo it - they have cyanide in!
Here's some advice on the subject: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/rea ... -poisonous
Grow your own it's much safer - http://www.cyprusgardener.co.uk and http://cyprusgardener.blogspot.com
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Re: apricot seeds
I remember they were considered one of the first superfoods back in the 80s. As a source of laetrile they were going to prevent cancer but then several people died and that was that.
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Re: apricot seeds
omg sceriously! i must have eaten about 50 in one go!!!!!!! i never even knew! why did no body tell me! maybe they are seacretly trying to bump me off!!! 
Tim Minchin - The Good Book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr1I3mBojc0
'If you just close your eyes and block your ears, to the acumulated knowlage of the last 2000 years,
then morally guess what your off the hook, and thank Christ you only have to read one book'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr1I3mBojc0
'If you just close your eyes and block your ears, to the acumulated knowlage of the last 2000 years,
then morally guess what your off the hook, and thank Christ you only have to read one book'
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Re: apricot seeds
ah it says if they're roasted it distroys the cyanide. maybe they are actually roasted, i just asumed they were sun dried.
Tim Minchin - The Good Book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr1I3mBojc0
'If you just close your eyes and block your ears, to the acumulated knowlage of the last 2000 years,
then morally guess what your off the hook, and thank Christ you only have to read one book'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr1I3mBojc0
'If you just close your eyes and block your ears, to the acumulated knowlage of the last 2000 years,
then morally guess what your off the hook, and thank Christ you only have to read one book'
Re: apricot seeds
lightly crush them put in a bottle of brandy with sugar leave for a few month you have ameretto
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Re: apricot seeds
On a similar vein, I remember reading many years ago that apple pips were also poisonous with cyanide, but you would need to eat a whole cup full to have any reaction.
Also that orange peel was used for wine making and the alcohol produced actually dissolved the waxy oil they were treat with on the outside. Not sure if they still do that thou.
Also that orange peel was used for wine making and the alcohol produced actually dissolved the waxy oil they were treat with on the outside. Not sure if they still do that thou.
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