Can cashews and chestnuts be roasted?
**If you roast your own cashews, they are OK. I am only afraid of roasted nuts that have been done by the producers who add starch. Chestnuts must be boiled because there is a lot of starch in them which is diluted greatly by the amount of water when you boil. When there is a marked improvement, a few roasted chestnuts may be tried. Chestnut flour must not be used. Cashew flour can be used. Cashew butter made from ROASTED cashews would be illegal. Is that correct? ****It depends on how the company makes the cashew butter. I don’t know if the company makes the butter with roasted cashews with starch on them or not. Is peanut butter from raw peanuts OK? Is peanut butter from roasted nuts OK? ***** I would never use anything made with raw peanuts; there is a great fear of aflaxtoxin. Companies making peanut butter are carefully monitored for aflatoxin contamination so most pure bought peanut butters (without additives) should be OK. Never use raw peanuts to make peanut butter!!! Peanuts a
