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Unfortunately, I haven't found a way around this. I try an alternative nut in recipes or if I'm in need of an almond fix I just use the pasteurized ones.
http://www.livingnutz.com/index.html
These almonds are truly RAW and unpasteurized.
Yeah, unfortunately in English, "raw" has two different meanings:
there is the widely spread "raw" as in "we haven't put any salt or sugar coating and haven't roasted theses (- oh but yeah: we dried them at 75
I get my almonds from a small farm in California. They are certified organic, real raw 2009 crop almonds, untreated. They are only $8.00 a pound and are delicious. Their number is 1-877-372-9688.
i also get mine from a local farm. i just found them at my farmer's market and asked if they pasteurized their almonds and they said nope :) yay!
Green smoothie girl is offering raw almonds $3.00 /lb . See greensmoothiegirl.com group buy.
You can still get unpasteurized CA almonds but it has to be from the growers' "farm store". Online is okay too from the farm stores. The pasteurization law in CA comes from the state almond board and it's designed to affect small growers to the benefit of the big growers like Blue Diamond. Bastards.
Here are some sources for raw CA almonds:
http://rawfromthefarm.com/default.aspx
http://www.organicpastures.com/shop.html#almonds
I'm so with everyone who has made it her/his mission to find raw almonds - ALL raw food in fact - from small local growers. Just my little way to stick it to Big Agriculture! LOL