Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 i'm still fighting this cacao nib addiction, i hope i don't go there. i need a few months eating produce again before i can let go of the desire to eat some other way, like play with raw food recipes for a while. how exactly do they make cacao nibs anyway? if i can't just pick it up and eat it, it's not for me. and anything digestible that's a raw produce item i assume the store would put in the fruit and vegetable section of the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Personally, I pick the raw cacao pods off the trees myself and break them open and put the raw fruit with nibs inside in the blender with my morning smoothie. The fruit has such an amazing taste, (in my mind it tastes how I remember Fruit Loops tasted when I was a kid but its been a long time.) I take the extra fruit (still with the nibs inside) and dehydrate them before they start to spoil. I then use the dried fruits and nibs for smoothies and treats. Most companies ferment or mold over the nibs before roasting and separate into white and dark chocolate. Many raw foodist do the mold/ferment thing too without roasting, but I have read that people with mold sensitivity are have reactions because of this process, so I don't do it. I want my cacao to be enjoyed by all. Fresh from the trees with the smallest amount of processing is always best. (That reminds me, I need to go cacao picking this week. Anyone want to come?) rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Froggy Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:53 AM rawfood [Raw Food] cacao nib fantasies i'm still fighting this cacao nib addiction, i hope i don't go there. i need a few months eating produce again before i can let go of the desire to eat some other way, like play with raw food recipes for a while. how exactly do they make cacao nibs anyway? if i can't just pick it up and eat it, it's not for me. and anything digestible that's a raw produce item i assume the store would put in the fruit and vegetable section of the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Who among us is picking the cacao nibs raw? Where do you live? I've never tasted a raw one. I live in Florida. I'm jealous! In a message dated 2/15/2006 5:07:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, kimse writes: Where do you go picking? Tom Spontelli <outreach wrote: Personally, I pick the raw cacao pods off the trees myself and break them open and put the raw fruit with nibs inside in the blender with my morning smoothie. The fruit has such an amazing taste, (in my mind it tastes how I remember Fruit Loops tasted when I was a kid but its been a long time.) I take the extra fruit (still with the nibs inside) and dehydrate them before they start to spoil. I then use the dried fruits and nibs for smoothies and treats. Most companies ferment or mold over the nibs before roasting and separate into white and dark chocolate. Many raw foodist do the mold/ferment thing too without roasting, but I have read that people with mold sensitivity are have reactions because of this process, so I don't do it. I want my cacao to be enjoyed by all. Fresh from the trees with the smallest amount of processing is always best. (That reminds me, I need to go cacao picking this week. Anyone want to come?) rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Froggy Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:53 AM rawfood [Raw Food] cacao nib fantasies i'm still fighting this cacao nib addiction, i hope i don't go there. i need a few months eating produce again before i can let go of the desire to eat some other way, like play with raw food recipes for a while. how exactly do they make cacao nibs anyway? if i can't just pick it up and eat it, it's not for me. and anything digestible that's a raw produce item i assume the store would put in the fruit and vegetable section of the market. Links Love and Graditude Kimse L. Fard Living Right 913.281.3848 InstituteOfLivingRight.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Hi Froggy- Cacao nibs are peeled/raw/organic cacao beans. You can read all about them here: http://www.rawfood.com/cgi-bin/order/index.cgi?id=539196384333 & d=single & item_id=\ 0878 & m=home You can also buy whole cacao beans but you have to peel them before eating them. Check them out here: http://www.rawfood.com/cgi-bin/order/index.cgi?id=539196384333 & d=single & item_id=\ 0788 & c=Raw/Organic_Food & sc=Cacao/Chocolate & tc= They're really good for you - a superfood! Cheers, Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 where do you live that you have cacao trees near you? i had nothing to fear anyway. i bought a bag of Rawfoods raw chocolate and it's raw for me. it's like eating a raw nut. i guess all they is cut up the nibs like your talking about here. i didn't like the taste of them though, very stingy. i see why cooked eaters use sugar with it. but they were okay to eat, they didn't throw me off. i should have just eaten them, but since i wasn't sure if they'd be okay for me, while i was in the store, i tried some free samples of some raw crackers. bad idea, they're obviously dehydrated i guess and threw my energy off. oh well, live and learn. i'm not sure about the other raw products like raw hummus or pies or fake meatballs, etc. i'm checking the ingredients and i don't like the use of raw olive oil. i'd never look to eat that. i don't know if there's any heat processing in these raw recipes, even if their isn't much, say just the pureeing or grinding up of the ingredients, that may not work for me, but i'm not sure. the stuff isn't really all that tasty anyway, i'd rather just eat a fruit. it seems as if it would be binge material for me though which would throw off my energy. i have to eat that which i just won't overeat and that's just produce. no matter how good a produce item is, i only eat as much as my body needs for nourishment. but it might be safe for me to eat, maybe i'll find out, maybe not. i don't like this questioning/indecision though. rawfood , Tom Spontelli <outreach wrote: > > Personally, I pick the raw cacao pods off the trees myself and break them > open and put the raw fruit with nibs inside in the blender with my morning > smoothie. The fruit has such an amazing taste, (in my mind it tastes how I > remember Fruit Loops tasted when I was a kid but its been a long time.) I > take the extra fruit (still with the nibs inside) and dehydrate them before > they start to spoil. I then use the dried fruits and nibs for smoothies and > treats. > > Most companies ferment or mold over the nibs before roasting and separate > into white and dark chocolate. Many raw foodist do the mold/ferment thing > too without roasting, but I have read that people with mold sensitivity are > have reactions because of this process, so I don't do it. I want my cacao to > be enjoyed by all. > > Fresh from the trees with the smallest amount of processing is always best. > > (That reminds me, I need to go cacao picking this week. Anyone want to > come?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 there is, that's the picture of the bag i bought. i guess Rawfoods may be the only large distributor of a lot of these raw items like this one. <<Try eating them straight, a tablespoon at a time. Chew thoroughly and experience the taste extravaganza of raw chocolate.>> like i said, they taste awful though. rawfood , no-thing wrote: > > Hi Froggy- > > Cacao nibs are peeled/raw/organic cacao beans. You can read all about > them here: > > http://www.rawfood.com/cgi-bin/order/index.cgi? id=539196384333 & d=single & item_id=0878 & m=home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Where do you go picking? Tom Spontelli <outreach wrote: Personally, I pick the raw cacao pods off the trees myself and break them open and put the raw fruit with nibs inside in the blender with my morning smoothie. The fruit has such an amazing taste, (in my mind it tastes how I remember Fruit Loops tasted when I was a kid but its been a long time.) I take the extra fruit (still with the nibs inside) and dehydrate them before they start to spoil. I then use the dried fruits and nibs for smoothies and treats. Most companies ferment or mold over the nibs before roasting and separate into white and dark chocolate. Many raw foodist do the mold/ferment thing too without roasting, but I have read that people with mold sensitivity are have reactions because of this process, so I don't do it. I want my cacao to be enjoyed by all. Fresh from the trees with the smallest amount of processing is always best. (That reminds me, I need to go cacao picking this week. Anyone want to come?) rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Froggy Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:53 AM rawfood [Raw Food] cacao nib fantasies i'm still fighting this cacao nib addiction, i hope i don't go there. i need a few months eating produce again before i can let go of the desire to eat some other way, like play with raw food recipes for a while. how exactly do they make cacao nibs anyway? if i can't just pick it up and eat it, it's not for me. and anything digestible that's a raw produce item i assume the store would put in the fruit and vegetable section of the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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