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apricot seeds
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 5:36 pm
by demi
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!
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 7:27 pm
by JuzaMum
Mmmm yes they are nice. A lot of manufactured almondy products use them, battenberg cakes, macaroons etc. Cheaper but still good.
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:58 pm
by Zech
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
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:33 am
by okra
The FSA has recommended that only two per day are eaten
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:43 am
by Green Aura
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.
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:45 am
by demi
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!!!
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:50 am
by demi
ah it says if they're roasted it distroys the cyanide. maybe they are actually roasted, i just asumed they were sun dried.
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:13 pm
by wabbit955
lightly crush them put in a bottle of brandy with sugar leave for a few month you have ameretto
Re: apricot seeds
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:55 pm
by gray_bale
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.