WHERE'S THE BRAZIL NUTS?????
13 December 2006, 10:26 PM
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WHERE'S THE BRAZIL NUTS?????
As per title..For the second year now NO brazil nuts ...WHATS UP???
13 December 2006, 10:42 PM
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They are poisonous!!
Makes your ***** go green and drop off!!
13 December 2006, 10:44 PM
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13 December 2006, 10:47 PM
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Brazil nuts have fallen foul of intensive harvesting and in 2003 there was a massive crop crash. Basically it will be a few seasons yet until we're reaping the rewards of replanting.
13 December 2006, 10:49 PM
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Brazil nuts have fallen foul of intensive harvesting and in 2003 there was a massive crop crash. Basically it will be a few seasons yet until we're reaping the rewards of replanting.
How long does it take a Brazil nut tree to reach maturity?
13 December 2006, 10:51 PM
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They are poisonous!!
Makes your ***** go green and drop off!!
Not sure about the ***** bit, but they are one of the most radioactive foods in the world
Brazil Nut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
13 December 2006, 10:53 PM
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Great, just bought a massive jar of chocolate covered ones from Costco
13 December 2006, 11:13 PM
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How long does it take a Brazil nut tree to reach maturity?
I'm going to have to have a stab in the dark here... More than two years?
14 December 2006, 07:24 AM
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I've seen them in nearly every supermarket I've been to, these past few weeks
14 December 2006, 07:41 AM
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Saw 'em in Sainsburys yesterday and we sell them in our village shop.
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14 December 2006, 07:44 AM
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i found a bag of shelled brazils in my supermarket but none in shells
14 December 2006, 07:46 AM
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Seem to remember something to do with the shells and a link to cancer but i may be wrong.
Just Googled & found
Food Standards Agency - Aflatoxins in Brazil nuts
14 December 2006, 09:53 AM
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I've got a shed load at home and saw some in Tesco's last night.
14 December 2006, 01:41 PM
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I've got a shed load at home and saw some in Tesco's last night.
You filled your shed with them? weird!
14 December 2006, 01:51 PM
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got some in my Harvey Nichols hamper yesterday
14 December 2006, 04:07 PM
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14 December 2006, 04:56 PM
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Great, just bought a massive jar of chocolate covered ones from Costco
Just need to get someone to sook the chocolate off them and they will be ready to eat
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