66025 Mon Jan 24 02:45:36 -0800 2005 12 2 Los Angeles Area 0 356448 Does anyone know ANY PLACE in LA County selling carob pods? I'd like to get some for the holiday on Tuesday. Not powder, or chocolate-like pieces, just whole pods. Doesn't have ot be organic but can be. Most of the health/organic places just sell processed carob. TIA Mon Jan 24 02:45:36 -0800 2005 0 Jerome 1 356459 The trees grow all over the place in Southern California. They were extensively used as street trees. Common name is St. John's Bread, botanic: Ceratonia siliqua. I don't know if it is fruiting season, though. Mon Jan 24 10:34:24 -0800 2005 356448 0 snackish 2 356476 If you want to look for them, there's quite a few on Kenilworth Drive in Silver Lake, around the 2300 block. When I was a kid we had a lot on Alpine Drive in Beverly Hills, but they may since have removed them for disease. Mon Jan 24 11:57:35 -0800 2005 356459 0 Chowpatty 3 356541 Thanks I'll look on Kenilworth. I have friends who live on the street. BUT I need to buy some today if possible. I don't think Erewhon carries them - but come on. This is supposed to be the home of natural food freaks, California, home of fruits and nuts. There has to be some store that carries them... Mon Jan 24 15:08:09 -0800 2005 356476 0 Jerome 4 356542 Gotta be that someone in the Grand Central Market carries them, (and if not you can still get a great snack while you are there). Mon Jan 24 15:13:00 -0800 2005 356541 0 WLA 5 2853009 Do you know who might sell Carob Pods? Thu Aug 16 16:24:41 -0700 2007 356542 119823 carole622 4 356722 Can't say I've ever seen'em (whole pods)offered for sale as a food product, even at farmers' markets, etc., nor do I know of anyone producing carob powder from the pods locally. I think the ratio of shipped weight to edible portion may prevent it from being economically viable to sell whole pods. rfgs Tue Jan 25 13:39:50 -0800 2005 356541 0 Silverlake Bodhisattva 5 356782 I dunno - you split open the pods and chew on them, stripping off the lining. You don't actually swallow them as I remember. One of those fun to eat things. Tue Jan 25 18:36:22 -0800 2005 356722 0 Jerome 5 357038 It's been a year or two now, but there was a stand that would occasionally appear at the Sunday H'wood farmers market that sold carob pods. The farmer actually was selling exotic trees, but would bring his carob pods & a berry from Africa that if you chewed on, would make lemons taste sweet. Unfortunately the name of the stand's farm escapes me, but I believe it was located in the west San Fernando Valley. Thu Jan 27 01:23:28 -0800 2005 356722 0 L 3 356783 Looked for them today around the 2300 block, I guess where the split is. No luck. Or maybe I was looking at the wrong trees (g). Tue Jan 25 18:37:15 -0800 2005 356476 0 Jerome 1 356989 Thanks. I'll try them, but the website makes it look as though they only sell supplements. Wed Jan 26 20:35:26 -0800 2005 356963 0 Jerome 1 356990 Funny. Called them. The guy that picked up spoke English with a really strong Beijing/Shenyang accent. I asked him if he had carob pods. Had to explain that it was carob fruit. After he understood, he explained that they only sold powder. It sounded like he had no idea that carobs provided fruit. Wed Jan 26 20:37:57 -0800 2005 356963 0 Jerome 2 3839100 I live in Oakland, and the parking lot of the Fruitvale BART station is FULL of carob trees - maybe 15 of them. I know they were all over the place in May, but I haven't looked lately. Fri Jul 04 10:12:40 -0700 2008 356990 206697 susanaloca