Nuts!

melidasaur · 01-13-2006, 03:20 PM

I love nuts. They are the best snack ever. I found a great commerical can of mixed nuts - it was from Planter's - it had pistachios, almonds, pecans, peanuts and filberts. It was great - except for the filberts.

So when it comes to mixed nuts, what is your ideal mix? My ideal is anything without Brazil nuts and filberts. The rest of them can stay. The above can was really good, but it would be better without the filberts.

glatt · 01-13-2006, 04:23 PM

I think you post must win some sort of record for the number of times you can say "filberts." What, did you have a bet?

I love the cashew nuts. Peanuts a good. Walnuts and almonds are OK. Brazil nuts are yucky. I'm not even sure what a filbert is. It that the kind of acorn looking one? I don't like those.

Trilby · 01-13-2006, 04:31 PM

cashews, pecans and almonds. YUM.

glatt · 01-13-2006, 04:35 PM

A quick Google search tells me that a filbert is the nut I know as a hazelnut. I don't care for those. They love 'em in Germany. Marzipan is made from them, so is Nutella, Europe's answer to peanut butter.

Yuck.

BigV · 01-13-2006, 04:58 PM

Excuse me, glatt, but the principal ingredient in marzipan is almonds, not hazelnuts, filberts, or any other nut. Trust me, I know from nuts. (aplogies to wolf)

BigV · 01-13-2006, 05:04 PM

All nuts are tasty to me, roasted and salted, yum. I like pecans, cashews, walnuts. They're all good. And adding a candied coating a'la honey roasting or toffee. *swoon* I'll finish the can on my own, thankyouverymuch.

Filberts are ok, they're hazelnuts y'know. As far as hazelnuts go, I **love** the taste of Frangelico liqueur.

richlevy · 01-13-2006, 06:37 PM

Trader Joe's Wasabi Cashews.

Hemlock · 01-18-2006, 03:54 PM

Mu ideal nut mix would have pistachios and some salt

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laebedahs · 01-18-2006, 04:12 PM

I love giving chestnuts to women.

But seriously, my favorite nuts are honey roasted peanuts. It has to be Planters though, the generic store-brand doesn't have a thick enough coating of honey.

Edit: typoman strikes again!

Sun_Sparkz · 01-18-2006, 04:29 PM

Honey roated peanuts, Salted cashews, Macadamia nuts (roasted and salted), and Pistachios (salted or unsalted) - YUM YUM YUM!!

I dont like Filberts (hazelnuts to me) but i LOVE nutella.. i make Nutella Toated Sandwhiches at work for breakfast some mornings - very tasty!!

lumberjim · 01-18-2006, 05:53 PM

my favorite nut is a cashew, but i have no self control, and will eat enough of them to poison me. almonds next, then salted roasted peanuts in the shell.

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I love giving chestnuts to women.

chinnuts are better, IMO

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2006, 08:06 PM

I like most of them but it always makes me feel like a cannibal.

richlevy · 01-18-2006, 08:43 PM

wolf · 01-19-2006, 01:44 AM

There is a nut roaster at the Pennsylvania Rennaissance Faire that makes these awesome honey roasted cashews sometimes. Mostly they do peanuts and almonds which are good, but not as phenomenal as the cashews. I've seen the roaster at other events, but he only does the cashews for the renfaire.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2006, 05:43 AM

For the last 15+ years, I’ve been buying pecans, cashews, macadamias and pistachios from Sunnyland Farms in Albany, GA.
By buying large quantities and timing shipments to various family members carefully, there's usually some left when I get there for the holidays.
Superb quality and great people to deal with.

They also have a host of other products, like pecan halves coated with sugar & cinnamon or orange glaze, things with chocolate and dried fruits.

01-13-2006, 03:20 PM	#1
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	Nuts! I love nuts. They are the best snack ever. I found a great commerical can of mixed nuts - it was from Planter's - it had pistachios, almonds, pecans, peanuts and filberts. It was great - except for the filberts. So when it comes to mixed nuts, what is your ideal mix? My ideal is anything without Brazil nuts and filberts. The rest of them can stay. The above can was really good, but it would be better without the filberts. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

01-13-2006, 04:31 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	cashews, pecans and almonds. YUM. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-13-2006, 04:58 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Excuse me, glatt, but the principal ingredient in marzipan is almonds, not hazelnuts, filberts, or any other nut. Trust me, I know from nuts. (aplogies to wolf) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-13-2006, 05:04 PM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	All nuts are tasty to me, roasted and salted, yum. I like pecans, cashews, walnuts. They're all good. And adding a candied coating a'la honey roasting or toffee. swoon I'll finish the can on my own, thankyouverymuch. Filberts are ok, they're hazelnuts y'know. As far as hazelnuts go, I love the taste of Frangelico liqueur. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-13-2006, 06:37 PM	#7
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Trader Joe's Wasabi Cashews. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-13-2006, 04:23 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think you post must win some sort of record for the number of times you can say "filberts." What, did you have a bet? I love the cashew nuts. Peanuts a good. Walnuts and almonds are OK. Brazil nuts are yucky. I'm not even sure what a filbert is. It that the kind of acorn looking one? I don't like those.

01-13-2006, 04:35 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	A quick Google search tells me that a filbert is the nut I know as a hazelnut. I don't care for those. They love 'em in Germany. Marzipan is made from them, so is Nutella, Europe's answer to peanut butter. Yuck.

01-18-2006, 03:54 PM	#8
Hemlock May Ter Dee Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 26	Mu ideal nut mix would have pistachios and some salt .

01-18-2006, 04:12 PM	#9
laebedahs Abecedarian Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 172	I love giving chestnuts to women. But seriously, my favorite nuts are honey roasted peanuts. It has to be Planters though, the generic store-brand doesn't have a thick enough coating of honey. Edit: typoman strikes again! Last edited by laebedahs; 01-18-2006 at 04:34 PM.

01-18-2006, 04:29 PM	#10
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	Honey roated peanuts, Salted cashews, Macadamia nuts (roasted and salted), and Pistachios (salted or unsalted) - YUM YUM YUM!! I dont like Filberts (hazelnuts to me) but i LOVE nutella.. i make Nutella Toated Sandwhiches at work for breakfast some mornings - very tasty!! __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

01-18-2006, 08:06 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I like most of them but it always makes me feel like a cannibal. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-18-2006, 08:43 PM	#13
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Trader Joes has discontinued Wasabi Cashews __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-19-2006, 01:44 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There is a nut roaster at the Pennsylvania Rennaissance Faire that makes these awesome honey roasted cashews sometimes. Mostly they do peanuts and almonds which are good, but not as phenomenal as the cashews. I've seen the roaster at other events, but he only does the cashews for the renfaire. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-19-2006, 05:43 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	For the last 15+ years, I’ve been buying pecans, cashews, macadamias and pistachios from Sunnyland Farms in Albany, GA. By buying large quantities and timing shipments to various family members carefully, there's usually some left when I get there for the holidays. Superb quality and great people to deal with. They also have a host of other products, like pecan halves coated with sugar & cinnamon or orange glaze, things with chocolate and dried fruits. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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