BARGAINS : A NUT LOVER'S PARADISE.Byline: Trisha King & Deborah Newmark If the smell of freshly roasted nuts makes your mouth water, make sure your stomach is full before visiting Christopher's Nut Co. This is the place to buy fresh raw or roasted nuts, dried fruits and candy at discounted prices. Let's start with our favorite - cashews. A 10-ounce can of cashews runs $4.99 at a chain grocery store. A pound (16 ounces) of freshly roasted cashews at Christopher's is $3.95. Colossal co·los·sal adj. Of a size, extent, or degree that elicits awe or taxes belief; immense. See Synonyms at enormous. [French, from Latin colossus, colossus; see colossus. cashews, the kind you can't buy at the grocery store, runs $4.95 a pound. Christopher's, a large distributor of food products, is a nut lover's paradise. Almonds - whole raw, roasted or blanched blanch also blench v. blanched also blenched, blanch·ing also blench·ing, blanch·es also blench·es v.tr. 1. To take the color from; bleach. 2. , blanched slivers and sliced - sell for $3.25 to $3.85 a pound (retail averages about $3 for 10 ounces), and walnuts for $3.25 to $3.80 a pound ($5.49 a pound at the grocery store). Most items are packaged in 1-pound bags and are always fresh. There are plenty of items besides nuts at Christopher's. If you like cooking with pepitas or adding them to your salads, you know how expensive they are at the market ($2.16 for 2.5 ounces at one market, $2.19 for 8 ounces at another). Christopher's has them raw for $2.65 a pound or roasted for $2.95. Also, from Boston Baked Beans Noun 1. Boston baked beans - dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" to Zagnuts (known as chicken bones or peanut butter coconut coconut, fruit of the coco palm (Cocos nucifera), a tree widely distributed through tropical regions. The seed is peculiarly adapted to dispersal by water because the large pod holding the nut is buoyant and impervious to moisture. candy), Christopher's has plenty of candy to satisfy a sweet tooth. For example, 2-pound boxes of Sunkist Fruit Gems Fruit Gems are quarter sized pectin candies They are a soft round candy made from confectionary sugar with fruit flavors. Fruit Gems are made by Jelly Belly, which purchased prior manufacturer, The Ben Myerson Candy Company, under license for Sunkist. They contain real fruit pectin. sell for $4.80 compared to $3.29 for a 1-pound box at a discount department store. Although most goods are deeply discounted - banana chips Banana chips are deep-fried and/or dried slices of banana, covered with sugar or honey. The chips are crispy and have a sweet taste. Variants of banana chips may be covered with chocolate salt instead. are $1.20 per pound rather than 99 cents for 6 ounces elsewhere - some of Christopher's prices are close to what discount stores charge. For example, flaked coconut that is $1.95 a pound at Christopher's runs $2.15 for 14 ounces at a discount store. If you need a large amount of any item, deeper discounts are available for bulk purchases of 25 pounds or more. Christopher's Nut Co. is located at 14332 Calvert St. (1-1/2 blocks east of Van Nuys Boulevard), Van Nuys; (818) 787-6303. Hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Open Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in November and December only. Cash or checks only; no credit cards accepted. Inside info It's planting time for bulbs. Holland Bulb Farms mail-order company offers a free catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. of its direct-from-the-grower bulbs. Since there is no middleman mid·dle·man n. 1. A trader who buys from producers and sells to retailers or consumers. 2. An intermediary; a go-between. or wholesaler, the prices are low. Try their garden pack, which offers a selection of 150 bulbs for $29.95. To receive the free catalog, call (800) 283-5082 or write to Holland Bulb Farms mail-order company at Box 220, Tatamy, Pa. 18085. Orders taken 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you're into saving money by fixing your own appliances, Appliance Servicenter has one of the largest selections of parts for microwaves and other appliances. Their staff also offers free technical advice over the phone. Appliance Servicenter is located at 7129 Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Blvd., Van Nuys; (818) 989-1709. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Annette Christopher carries a full selection of nuts, dried fruits and candies at Christopher's Nut Co. in Van Nuys. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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