You're right, last time I returned with tons of mixed nuts but didn't think of snober. Didn't know that about pine trees, how sad. Shop for me next time!! :) xx
My beautiful mother is as lazy as I am! We used to climb on the roof and collect fallen pine cones, crack the seed pods for fresh snober. Now I buy them from Kalustyans (cracked) and complain about the outrageous price.
You should buy them in Lebanon. They are $60 a kg which is reasonable. If I were going back to London I would have gotten you some. Did you know that the pine trees are diseased here and that’s why there is less. Btw we did the same 😊
Oh dear, I suspect I'll join the ranks of too impatient/irritable to pod them, time wasn't a 'thing' when we were young, and maybe our skin was tougher. I get impatient with fresh almonds too, now, although I only rarely find them here.
but if you get the green almonds at stage 1 when you can eat them whole, you will be fine. I have to say am like you. I bought some the other day and I couldn't be bothered after the first two! and don't tell anyone but it was my beautiful mother who peeled the chickpeas while watching her favourite series on TV hahaha...
Marvellous post - wonderfully nostalgic from my days in Andalucia when I grew my own - not enough for store, so always eaten green or given to the rabbits. Thanks so much!
Thank you for this beautiful post, Anissa! This time of year I find green chick peas at my favorite Lebanese market, and usually before I can think up a culinary use, I wind up eating them raw. I didn't know doing so was legit (vaguely wondered if they'd make me sick, lol) and now I can do so with abandon and joy!
You've reminded me of a time when I was sprouting chickpeas and lentils and decided to grow them on, in my north London community allotment just to see what happened. It was fascinating to see how they flourished, and how something we take for granted and usually buy in half kilo bags has to be picked, opened, dried and processed.
You're right, last time I returned with tons of mixed nuts but didn't think of snober. Didn't know that about pine trees, how sad. Shop for me next time!! :) xx
Will do. Xxx
My beautiful mother is as lazy as I am! We used to climb on the roof and collect fallen pine cones, crack the seed pods for fresh snober. Now I buy them from Kalustyans (cracked) and complain about the outrageous price.
You should buy them in Lebanon. They are $60 a kg which is reasonable. If I were going back to London I would have gotten you some. Did you know that the pine trees are diseased here and that’s why there is less. Btw we did the same 😊
Oh dear, I suspect I'll join the ranks of too impatient/irritable to pod them, time wasn't a 'thing' when we were young, and maybe our skin was tougher. I get impatient with fresh almonds too, now, although I only rarely find them here.
but if you get the green almonds at stage 1 when you can eat them whole, you will be fine. I have to say am like you. I bought some the other day and I couldn't be bothered after the first two! and don't tell anyone but it was my beautiful mother who peeled the chickpeas while watching her favourite series on TV hahaha...
Marvellous post - wonderfully nostalgic from my days in Andalucia when I grew my own - not enough for store, so always eaten green or given to the rabbits. Thanks so much!
Thank you for this beautiful post, Anissa! This time of year I find green chick peas at my favorite Lebanese market, and usually before I can think up a culinary use, I wind up eating them raw. I didn't know doing so was legit (vaguely wondered if they'd make me sick, lol) and now I can do so with abandon and joy!
Glad you enjoyed it Leslie
You've reminded me of a time when I was sprouting chickpeas and lentils and decided to grow them on, in my north London community allotment just to see what happened. It was fascinating to see how they flourished, and how something we take for granted and usually buy in half kilo bags has to be picked, opened, dried and processed.
I have never seen or tasted fresh chick peas even though we spent a lot our summers in Lebanon. It was later in the season, not in May.