California Carob Tree seed pods/seeds (or edible toasted carob powder from Spain), dry, whole, clean, raw, wild-crafted organic. Ceratonia siliqua. Seeds are viable. Pods are mostly edible. Desert survival food and ancient aphrodisiac. I sold commercial roasted/toasted carob powder for decades at my Natural Food Store (Sequoia Family Market) and it remains a popular and nutritional substitute for commercial chocolate. The hard, small inner seeds were once used as a unit of measure evolving into the carat weight system for gold and precious gem stones. Safe for dogs as a chocolate substitute! Broken pieces are natural dog treats, and are nibbled on by birds and mammals alike in the wild. Each pod can contain up to 25% protein (protein content varies from tree to tree, as do type of pods)! Carob pod pieces can be used in potpourris as a fixative and for their own intoxicating chocolate fragrance.
Note: Some people do not like the flavor of carob pods. About 1 in 100 finds them completely disgusting. There is just no pleasing everyone. I prefer vanilla myself, with just a twist of chocolate.
Saint John the Baptist was thought to have subsisted on locust or carob pods in lean times, as the inner seeds are made into locust bean gum and have been called locust beans forever. Hence, which locusts were the Baptist really eating? In an arid desert, there is nothing for grasshoppers to eat. Locusts don't eat locust beans.
Carob pods are made into carob powder, a chocolate alternative. The hard, inner seeds should be removed (not sure how they do it?!} before grinding if you intend to roast and grind the pods into homemade carob powder. Don't ask me, I don't know the process.
Note: Some people do not like the flavor of carob pods. About 1 in 100 finds them completely disgusting. There is just no pleasing everyone. I prefer vanilla myself, with just a twist of chocolate.
Saint John the Baptist was thought to have subsisted on locust or carob pods in lean times, as the inner seeds are made into locust bean gum and have been called locust beans forever. Hence, which locusts were the Baptist really eating? In an arid desert, there is nothing for grasshoppers to eat. Locusts don't eat locust beans.
Carob pods are made into carob powder, a chocolate alternative. The hard, inner seeds should be removed (not sure how they do it?!} before grinding if you intend to roast and grind the pods into homemade carob powder. Don't ask me, I don't know the process.