Cashew Butter Concern

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Q: Can cashews ever be roasted?

A: If you roast their own cashews, they are OK. Elaine is mainly afraid of

roasted nuts that have been done by the producers who add starch.

Chestnuts must be boiled because there is a lot of

starch in them which is diluted greatly by the amount of water when you

boil. When the child is markedly better, a few roasted chestnuts may be

tried. Chestnut flour must NOT be used. Cashew flour CAN be used.

Q: Cashew butter made from ROASTED cashews would be illegal. Is that correct?

A.It depends on how the company makes the cashew butter. I don't know if

the company makes the butter with roasted cashews with starch on them or

not. Parents must do some searching on their own

Q: Is peanut butter from raw peanuts OK? Is peanut butter from roasted nuts

OK?

A Elaine says she would never use anything made with raw peanuts; there is

a great

fear of aflaxtoxin. Companies making peanut butter are carefully monitored

for aflatoxin

contamination so most pure bought peanut butters (without additives) should

be OK.

NEVER USE RAW PEANUTS!

Q: Can cashews be sauteed in oil or butter or is that like roasting?

A. If the person does the sauteeing himself/herself, it would be OK but

CASHEWS should be drained on paper towels. Elaine noted : " Many Moms on

Pecanbread use a lot of frying with lots of fat. Even with my healthy

digestive system, it is not preferable. When I toast my almonds, I put about

2 tablespoons of butter in a large frying pan and two cups of almonds and

on low heat, I stir every 30 seconds

until I see them turning a golden brown. Then I toss them on paper towels

and salt them. "

Q. Does it matter whether skins are on nuts? I know almond butter can be

more

digestible from nuts with skins removed.

A; " Skins on nuts are fibrous. That is why we use blanched almonds. However,

one cannot conveniently blanch all kinds of nuts and one shouldn't do

cartwheels on this diet and do all this blanching themselves. If they

cannot used blanched almonds, then use walnut flour and, of course.

One CANNOT blanch walnuts conveniently nor need they blanch walnuts. "

Pecans need NOT be blanched.

Filbert or hazelnuts have a tough outer coating like almonds and they should

be used without skins in other words BLANCHED. "

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread. The web master will soon place

this information will be placed on Elaine's web site:

www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

Carol F.

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Toronto , Celiac SCD 2 3/4 years

There is no substitute for the right food!