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Title: Uses for Carobs
Post by Nigel on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 9:57am

Has anyone actually used their carobs for anything other than trying to obtain the best price for them?
To date I've only ever sold mine (I don't have many trees and only end up with about 200Kg or so) so is it worth the time for around 40 euros?

What alternatives are there for using them? I searched on Google and found an interesting article here:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/1980-09-01/Carob-The-Natural-Sweet.aspx

This tells you how to prepare them for use. There are numerous recipes on the internet too.

Anyone using them? I'm going to give it a try as carob flour in the shops costs around 5 euros a kilo, and if it does work as a chocolate substitute then I'll be in heaven!

Nigel

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by viking on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 3:10pm

I hope you're not too disappointed with your 'chocolate'. I have bought 'carob coated' bars in a health shop and they were pretty disgusting! If it tasted as good as chocolate then it would probably be on sale everywhere instead of being bought by people who think for some reason adding a load of fat and sugar to carob powder is somehow healthier than doing the same thing to cocoa powder, from a cocoa bean!!!!
Oh well. worth a try I suppose, let us know how you get on!!

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by Nigel on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 4:25pm

It will be interesting to taste the results. I did dip my wet finger in a bag of Carob flour in a shop in Barcelona and it tasted delicious, very like real chocolate. We'll see how it turns out!

Nigel

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by Nobrot on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 6:09pm

I had some last year straight off the tree. Sweet with the texture of rope,sort of chocolate with a hint of horse manure,slightly cheeky on the nose without being too impertinent.
Can't ever see it replacing a creme egg somehow.

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by munkonminor on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 6:10pm

20 cents per kilo ! - http://www.funkyraw.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=161

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by Nobrot on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 6:52pm

Ironic really,they are sold out.They were last year as well....!!!! Yet we've just been told that there are huge almecens all over Spain full of the damn things from the last few years harvest,hence the low price.

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by Bigyin on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 10:04pm

munkonminor wrote on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 6:10pm:

20 cents per kilo ! - http://www.funkyraw.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=161

�16.50/kilo !!!! You talk about co-operatives. Is there not a case for getting hold of a huge truck and journeying North ?

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by Nobrot on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 11:32pm

You could always post them over........at �19.00 a kilo.

Title: Re: Uses for Carobs
Post by Bigyin on Sep 29^th, 2009 at 10:51am

That's the rub.....big volume, light weight.