These are "what's not to like?" treats.
Enjoy!
Hunza Nut Chews
l c mulberries, dried
l c apricots, dried
l c. apricot kernals or blanched, toasted almonds. You can order the kernals on line. Just google Apricot Kernals. You will probably not find them
in your local health food store. The Hunza people typically live to over a hundred and in some reports have lived as long as 140 years
so I am not wary of using apricot kernals as my food. I say this because there has been an ongoing controversy about the kernals.
The Hunzakuts pound these ingredients together to made their recipe. I make mine with my grinder that is similar to the Miracle SS Juicer in the catalog section on cybermacro.com in the Kitchenware section. If you have a hand grinder, you could make that one work.
When you begin to grind, use more nuts/seeds because if you use more of the dried fruit, you will have a gummed up machine. Then you have to dismantle it all, clear it out and start over again. Once you get rolling with the grinding, you can push the first bit back through, or not.
So, what you are wanting to remember is to add nuts/seed with some fruit and alternate so you don't gum up the process and have to take it apart to unblock the fruits and nuts. When you get to end of your grinding, end with more nuts so they will push through the stickiness of the fruit. You can mix them in when you form them.
Don't wet your hands with water. Let the oiliness of the nuts moisten your hands to do the rolling of them into patties or balls. The yield is about 20, depending on the size you choose. I store mine refrigerated in a quart jar. They last around my house about 2 months.
You will have enough left over in the machine assembly to feed the guy who cleans up the grinder apparatus a little a treat! (S/he may ask for a whole piece though for
his/her work!!!)
Write down how you organized the order of the ingredients and how you set the grinder to do this job, so the next time, it will go smoothly for you...
This is potent food.
Great as travel food.
This morning I had one with a dish of stewed prunes, a slice of steamed Pacific Bakery Rye Bread, a piece of my Yam-Butternut Squash breakfast cake with a couple pieces of toasted, salted walnuts. At the end of the meal, I drank a cup of roasted  hato mugi tea.
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