European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Worried about Apricot Kernel paste purchased a Box of Stella d Oro amaretto cookies. Listed As the second ingredient is Apricot Kernel paste. I understand it s unsafe to eat the seeds of Irule due to the High concentration of toxic chemicals that May have been used on the tree in the torn of pesticides. Are theae cookies really Safe Dorine vet Nocky Somers Point. . The problem with eating the seeds of Many fruits is not the concentration of pesticides in them but the logic chemicals hat Are there naturally. There the curious chopper by sons Helms arc dil Crent types of apricots the kernels of which May be Sweet or Biller. Depending on he variety. The bitter varieties contain Amy Grahn. Which is poisonous and should not be eaten. E. Is Cerulli president of Slagle d Oro advises thai the Apricot product is considered As Safe to a e and is approved by the food and drug administration for human consumption. Many seeds contain compounds that Are designed to discourage animals from eating them. Apple Pear peach and Cherry seeds to name just a few contain cyanide which is highly toxic. Kirsch a liqueur made Tram crushed cherries contains a very Small amount of cyanide. It is Seldom said Harold Mcgee in on food and cooking " hat deliberate consumption of fruit pits is a problem although there have been instances of people who have roasted and eaten a few dozen Apple seeds As a Novelty and died of cyanide poisoning and children will sometimes eat them absentmindedly. The occasional swallowed seed is no danger but you should make a general policy of avoiding / heard once that onions were germ destroyers and decided to try them. I was living in a draft run Down House in a rough neighbourhood Ami had a cold and sore Throat throughout the Winter so t put eight bags two pounds each of onions around the room where i stayed Moat of the time for the whole Winter and never had a cold also i ate a lot of onions boiled Ana roasted and round them so Sweet and i sure Felt Good. I slept better and left Calmer. I know some people thought i had gone bonkers but i had t. I a senior citizen and just simple enough to believe that what god put Here la better than anything Man can Mike. Why not give it a try Helen Anderson san Joe Calif. I Don t think you be gone bonkers either. I Don t know whether pulling bags of onions around the room does any Good but eating them probably does the National onion association which promotes onions claims that there appears to be some scientific evidence that onions Are beneficial Lor the heart and Teeth that Hoy reduce blood sugar heal wounds More rapidly Aid the digestion help with Mouth and Throat infections and soothe respiratory ailments. / visited a Lake resort in car Lythle Austria and ate a most delicious Seei Unge fish fillet translated it would be sea i wish i know whether n existed in the United states. Perhaps it could be a Sweetwater fish Mabella Yacoubian Santa Meta Calif. Atter consulting with the Fulton fish Market and a food science professor Doris Hicks a seafood specialist with the Delaware sea Grant Marine advisory service i was Able to determine that this fish which is also very popular in Germany and other parts of Europe is a Type of Freshwater sole. Reader feedback sodium of a baking mis. A. Kaye Dickson City a i would like to add to your recent column about baking without sodium. I am on a sodium free diet and have done a lot of experimenting. May i suggest the following use Salt free Margarine or butter in All baking eliminate bait even when the recipe Calls Lor it use Low sodium baking powder which is available in Supre Markels in the diet Section Healner Weingl is one Brand avoid recipes that Call Lor baking soda. I eliminated baking soda irom a Iccino for Apple squares and the result showed there was no difference in taste. All of the cakes and cookies i have baked have had no difference in taste. Others sampling these baked goods could not Lind any difference tease comment on the product Pom used Tor cooking by coating trying pans and baking pans. I remember Reading that it was harmful. Myrtan Schweitzer Oak Park Mich. Pam is an aerosol vegetable Spray that contains three ingredient partially hydrogenated soybean Oil alcohol and Lecithin. Lecithin is a by product of soy Oil and can also be found in nearly All animal and Plant tissues. Including egg Yolk Lecithin is nutritious arid non toxic. I Don t see How this product could be harmful have a consumer related question please write to son a Heinze. Care of stars and stripes Apo 09211, us. Forces. 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