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Article: Walnuts: the good oil; Get cracking
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- The Press
- Article date:
- August 27, 1998
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Fresh Canterbury walnuts and oil are becoming available in
commercial quantities. KEITH RAMSAY and MAVIS AIREY report.
Golden walnut oil is beginning to flow from Canterbury. The oil
is being produced by West Melton growers Malcolm and Jenny Lawrence,
who say it is rated highly by many Christchurch chefs.
The oil is made from nuts grown by a collective of Canterbury
growers and processed by the Lawrences' business, A Cracker of a Nut.
The oil is processed into walnut paste before being cold pressed in
Marlborough.
The big advantage of the Canterbury product is its freshness,
Jenny Lawrence says. Imported oil may be years old. Walnut oil goes
rancid when exposed to light, and air oxidises it. ...