On Saturday, August 2, 2014 8:28:59 PM UTC-5, B. Server wrote:
> Just a simple Google search says that 99% of all the commercial
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> English walnuts grown in the U.S. are grown in California. California
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> is in the second or third year of a terrible drought. I suspect that
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> a further search would turn up statistics about how few will be
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> produced this year.
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> On Sat, 2 Aug 2014 08:30:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
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> >Bags of walnuts in the shell, I mean.
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> >After all, cherries are far more delicate, you'd think - and yet,
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> >when they're in season, it's easy enough to buy THOSE in good
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> >condition for under $4 a pound, if you shop around!
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> >OK, so you're buying the pits and stems as well, but those make up far
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> >less than 25% of the total weight, I'm guessing. Whereas with walnuts,
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> >the shell is 50% of the weight - and IIRC, you're lucky if you pay as
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> >little as $4 a pound - so that's $8 a pound WITHOUT the shell!
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> >BTW, here's a thread I started in 2012 about WHERE to buy them:
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> >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.food.cooking/walnuts$20lenona/rec.food.cooking/fdypRjPYGT8/sA1HQk8vkS0J
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> >Even so, I'm curious as to the WHY of the matter, this time.
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You are better off avoiding walnuts, as they are super high in omega-6.
http://chriskresser.com/how-much-ome...nds-on-omega-6

Pecans are a much, much better choice. One should only eat walnuts if one
enjoys them a lot. Thinking they are healthful is fallacious.

This dumb**** author doesn't have a clue.
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/waln...tion-1576.html
For optimum health, one should limit both walnuts and Brazils, while
consuming more of the pecans, almonds and hazelnuts.
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> >Lenona.

--Bryan