Cheap nuts......?? Anyone know where I could get them!!

gabgab

I have moved my diet a bit and am eating whole cashews and Pistachio Kernels, unsalted, unroasted, does anyone know anywhere I could get these from in bulk or cheaper?

I buy the Shamrock Just brand, they are not expensive but the tubs are pretty small,

Thanks,

colmconn

you can get assorted bags of mixed nuts in tesco in the snack aislle.

Khannie

Check holland and barrett / natures way. They usually have bigger bags of nuts and frequently have deals.

iascanmore

Whole "raw" cashews - any of the Chinese supermarkets in Dublin( I can think of at least 3), they sell for about €4 per 500gs.

Walnut havles - Lidl. 200g bags for €1.79 - worth going into Lidl for these alone!

rubadub

I tesco standard "value" roasted salted peanuts are something ridiculous like 29cent for 200g (cheaper than pet shop sacks). Dry roast is about 49cent for 200g. Roast salted cashews are about 8.80 per kilo.

In aisian shops cashews are around 10 per kilo, and are raw & unsalted. You can get ready shelled pistachio around 12/kilo.

Killgore Trout

500g bag unsalted Peanuts, Brazil, almonds, hazlenuts and rasins (not exactly what you were looking for) €2 in Tesco

Degsy

250 gms uncooked peanuts, 2 quid odd in Dunnes.

Khannie

iascanmore wrote: »

Walnut havles - Lidl. 200g bags for €1.79 - worth going into Lidl for these alone!

Oh yeah...forgot about these. God damn they're delicious. I used to hate walnuts, but there's no bitterness in these ones. Lovely.

gabgab

Thanks a million for all the replies lads, I love pecans but the dont seem to have the same nutritional values,

rubadub

Forgot to mention christmas is a great time for cheap nuts. Many have big bags cheap, also keep an eye on the price per kg as often small bags of the same brand & type are cheaper.

And janurary is a really good time to buy, I picked up loads of nuts half price and some 1/4 price last year, the best before was a year away, only reason they are on sale is since there was christmas pictures on the packs! holy & stuff.

Holland & barret have natural peanut butter, no salt, added oil or additives, ~€5.50 per kilo

King of Kings

get mine in tesco and get a kilo of natural peanut butter for 6.50 in good earth on georges street

WHIP IT!

People, anyone here shop in Tesco Lucan? Where oh where can I find the tub of assorted nuts/seeds I've heard mentioned here? And flax seeds?

Asked a goofy teenager who worked there a couple of weeks back and I think I gave him a headache...

g'em

Linwoods milled flax seeds are one of the better brands on the market, €7.99 or thereabouts in Health Food shops, some chemists and Centra's. also see here for a thread discussion on it.

rubadub

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Asked a goofy teenager who worked there a couple of weeks back and I think I gave him a headache...

Tescos is a headache these days! They have all these different sections these days, not all stuff together. In my tescos nuts are in the food & veg, then in crisps & snacks, in the organic section, and in a health section. And the price can vary dramatically. Some shops have “shamrock” stands and other branded stands, that might not be near the others.

Jimmy Bottlehead

rubadub wrote: »

I tesco standard "value" roasted salted peanuts are something ridiculous like 29cent for 200g (cheaper than pet shop sacks). Dry roast is about 49cent for 200g. Roast salted cashews are about 8.80 per kilo.

In aisian shops cashews are around 10 per kilo, and are raw & unsalted. You can get ready shelled pistachio around 12/kilo.

Hey. Sorry to dig up an old topic, but are these nuts really really bad? I am trying to put on weight (not fat, I know!:)) so would they be good or bad?

g'em

really, really, really try and avoid salted nuts. A handful of those and you've reached your recommended sodium intake for the day.

rubadub

I am not fond of raw nuts. I understand heating/roasting is bad too since it can produce trans fats? or am I wrong?

I drink lots of water to offset the extra salt. but if you look at a pack of say 100g nuts, it might say so many grams of salt per 100g. If you hold the bag and tap it against your thigh, then some salt will fall off and gather in the end of the bag. When you get to the end of a bag of nuts there is usually a fair amount of salt in the bottom, even without shaking, so I reckon you actually eat less per 100g than stated on the pack.

You could empty in a sieve and shake even more off, or even possibly rinse them and dry them (I never tried that, so dont blame me if they are manky!). I like to cook chinese food with cashews, so raw are alright, but I still prefer roasted. In this case washing them should be OK. Some Chinese recipes will ask raw cashews to be soaked anyways.

g'em

rubadub wrote: »

I am not fond of raw nuts. I understand heating/roasting is bad too since it can produce trans fats? or am I wrong?

heating nuts higher than 170F can do this and produces free radicals; generally most commercially roasted nuts will heat above that temp for mass production.

The average recommended sodium intake is around 2,300 - 2,400mg per day, or 2.3 grams; given that there's salt in everything you're better off avoiding foods with any added salt in it.

rubadub

g'em wrote: »

heating nuts higher than 170F can do this and produces free radicals; generally most commercially roasted nuts will heat above that temp for mass production.

The average recommended sodium intake is around 2,300 - 2,400mg per day, or 2.3 grams; given that there's salt in everything you're better off avoiding foods with any added salt in it.

Interesting bit on the temps, thought I could roast them but that is 170F, which is only 77C. Are they really much worse when roasted? I do not like raw ones much. Do you know if most natural peanut butter heated? e.g. the 1kg meridian tubs in Holland & Barret?

EDIT: they are roasted in meridian

Peanuts are roasted in their natural brown skins before being ground to a crunchy texture with nothing added.

http://www.meridianfoods.co.uk/index.asp?Section=Products&details=146

Approx, how much extra water would you have to drink to offset say 1g of salt above your daily requirment?
Also I would presume distilled/purified water would be better since it will have no minerals in it (but is vile!)

iascanmore

g'em wrote: »

heating nuts higher than 170F can do this and produces free radicals; generally most commercially roasted nuts will heat above that temp for mass production.

The average recommended sodium intake is around 2,300 - 2,400mg per day, or 2.3 grams; given that there's salt in everything you're better off avoiding foods with any added salt in it.

What about peanut butter? I get the big health food tubs and lash through it quick enough (myself and 2 nippers). Only one ingredient - roasted peanuts.

I know this stuff is highly recommeded over general supermarket stuff, is it sh*te due to roasting?

g'em

Lads, lets keep this in perspective. Natural peanut butter tends to much better for you than generic brands because it has fewer ingredients (i.e. only peanuts). It's true that roasting the nuts can produce trans (bad) fats, but unless you're eating PB by the jar on a daily basis there are bigger elements of your diet that you could be fretting over i.e. alcohol, junk food, take-aways.

As for the raw vs. salted nut taste, with all due respect: get over it. If you want to eat salted nuts then just eat them and accept that your salt levels will likely be higher than they should be. The honest answer is I don't know how much water would be needed to offset a gram of salt. Surely it's easier not to eat the salt in the first place? Trying to circumvent that by drinking more water is like not eating vegetables and taking a multivitamin as a replacement.

rubadub

Surely it's easier not to eat the salt in the first place?

I get what you are saying. I think it important that people find relatively healthy food that they like. I refuse to eat anything I do not enjoy, I dont like the idea of people going on diets and force feeding themselves stuff that they will give up once they fit in their jeans, or lose 2 stone.

I do accept the salt is bad. I do not particularly like raw nuts, I also do not like overly salty nuts. Also I would probably not drink the additional water otherwise, and it could well have a greater overall benefit, i.e. if I ate salt free roasted nuts, I would not have the extra few pints I might have. And if drinking lots of water (which I do) you do need additional salts to help absorb it properly. Just wondering how much would negate the salt.

Trying to circumvent that by drinking more water is like not eating vegetables and taking a multivitamin as a replacement.

Well some people will not eat porridge unless it has sugar added, I do not like peas without gravy. So I eat what I prefer, accept the conseqences, and may do something to remedy the additional calories I ingested, e.g. exercise more. After a nights drinking, I will go out cycling, to shed some excess calories, and work off the hangover.

g'em

I see what you're saying, and if that's the approach that works for you then fair play. Personally I don't think that two bads make a less-bad but it's better than one bad and no attempt to rectify it. Meh, I guess I'm at the stage where I feel I'm kidding myself if I eat outside what I *know* is good for my body and tell myself it doesn't matter.