Raving raw almond fan

TK: This was left as a comment in the previous almond pasteurization post, but the comment link at the bottom still showed zero, so I post it here. From Heidi:


Tom,

You are correct in saying that most consumers are not interested in fumigants in their almonds.The biggest issue with the almond pasteurization situation is that the Almond Board is simply over reacting.They are worried about some potential lawsuit in the future where one person gets sick from salmonella...and the only way they get sick with salmonella is from contaminated almonds from almond farms near factory meat farms.There is a group of consumers that are raving fans about raw almonds. Sadly, the Almond Board doesn't want them as customers anymore.And I am one of those raving fans for raw almonds. Yet I am hopeful, that the Almond Board will see a dramatic drop in sales of fumigated almonds, and will quietly announce raw almonds once again.Looking hopefully to the future

Heidi