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Uses for Carobs
Sep 28th, 2009 at 9:57am
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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-Swe...

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!

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Reply #1 - Sep 28th, 2009 at 3:10pm
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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!!
  
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Reply #2 - Sep 28th, 2009 at 4:25pm
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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!

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Reply #3 - Sep 28th, 2009 at 6:09pm
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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.
  
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Reply #4 - Sep 28th, 2009 at 6:10pm
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20 cents per kilo ! - http://www.funkyraw.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=161
  
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Reply #5 - Sep 28th, 2009 at 6:52pm
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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.
  
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Reply #6 - Sep 28th, 2009 at 10:04pm
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munkonminor wrote on Sep 28th, 2009 at 6:10pm:

£16.50/kilo !!!!  You talk about co-operatives.  Is there not a case for getting hold of a huge truck and journeying North ?
  
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Reply #7 - Sep 28th, 2009 at 11:32pm
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You could always post them over........at €19.00 a kilo.
  
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Reply #8 - Sep 29th, 2009 at 10:51am
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That's the rub.....big volume, light weight.
  
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