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Old 09-11-2010, 16:37
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Please excuse the title, I couldn't think how else to word it lol

Anyway I've recently started exercising to improve my fitness and so am eating more foods full of protein. I know nuts are full of protein and would be great to snack on but whenever I look at them in shops (Holland & Barrett, supermarkets etc) bags of nuts are always expensive, even just a little bag!
Does anyone know any places that sell nuts cheaper? Especially pistachios- i love them!

Thanks
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Old 09-11-2010, 16:54
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world food aisles in supermarkets are really cheap normally. Just can't read what the packet says.
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Old 09-11-2010, 16:55
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aldi are the cheapest for decent salted peanuts.
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Old 09-11-2010, 19:12
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I sympathise with the OP. I think a lot of Supermarkets have a big markup on nuts and seeds. I wanted to make my own pesto the other month and went looking for pine nuts. A 100g bag of pine nuts was £3.47 in Asda and £2.49 in Tesco. I thought that was a lot of money for 100g of nuts and ended up buying pre-made pesto.
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Old 09-11-2010, 19:13
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Now is a good time to go outside and pick your own for free.
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Old 09-11-2010, 21:12
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Now is a good time to go outside and pick your own for free.
With the benefit that, unlike picking wild fungi, you are unlikely to poison yourself - unless you harvest bitter almonds, I suppose!
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Old 09-11-2010, 22:53
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With the benefit that, unlike picking wild fungi, you are unlikely to poison yourself - unless you harvest bitter almonds, I suppose!
Pretty much all the filberts will be gone, I ate most of the ones surrounding our company car park, and the squirrels got the rest.

I don't see many wild nut trees these days compared to my youth, but then I don't spend as many afternoons bunking off in the woods.
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Old 10-11-2010, 15:20
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You can get massive bags of cheap nuts in those pound shops
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Old 10-11-2010, 15:26
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Pretty much all the filberts will be gone, I ate most of the ones surrounding our company car park, and the squirrels got the rest.

I don't see many wild nut trees these days compared to my youth, but then I don't spend as many afternoons bunking off in the woods.
I've got a horse chestnut tree, but I believe that eating the chestnuts would definitely not do me any good!

A piece of historical trivia: During WWI chestnuts were collected and used to produce acetone which was then used in the production of propellants.
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Old 10-11-2010, 16:06
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I would recommend keeping an eye out at holland and barrett as they sometimes have really good offers on - I tend to pop in and stock up when I'm passing with whatevers on special.
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Old 10-11-2010, 16:23
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Lidl do. And Aldi

Chinese supermarkets do good ranges of unusual nuts and seeds
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