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Bitter apricot kernels

Franci

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Do you have a good source-at a decent price- for bitter apricot kernels?

It is so annoying...in seems in the US they have been transformed in super food while in Italy is cheap stuff and alternative to the harder to find bitter almonds or used to make amaretti for the industry.
I just bought a pack of bitter apricot kernel flour for 10.40 Euro a kilo. Anything compared to this available for sale in the US? 

 

 

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I used to order them from SunFoods  but now Amazon carries them - I buy these, which are sourced from California.  Some are from China - I don't buy foods like this sourced from China.

"There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!" Terry Pratchett

 

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  On 8/1/2015 at 6:22 AM, Franci said:

Wow, Andie, I already checked on Amazon. That is roughly 3.5 times more than the price I paid here in Italy. I'm not going to make amaretti with it...but at 5 g at the time to replace almond bitter extract maybe...

I have no need to buy any this year.  I saved the seeds from the big batch of apricots from my tree and have dried them so they are ready to crack so I can save the seeds.  This particular variety has the sweeter kernels but I limit how much I use because too much can make one quite ill.

 

The Middle eastern store here in town carries apricot kernels sourced from Lebanon. They don't always have them but when they do the price is much better than on Amazon.

If there is a store near you, it might be useful to check.

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"There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!" Terry Pratchett

 

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  On 8/1/2015 at 7:05 AM, andiesenji said:

The Middle eastern store here in town carries apricot kernels sourced from Lebanon. They don't always have them but when they do the price is much better than on Amazon.

If there is a store near you, it might be useful to check.

 

That's a very good tip, I have Sahadi's walking distance from me but I never seen them carrying bitter almonds. Maybe I'll be better asking.

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