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 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.

cashews, pecans and almonds. YUM.

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.

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)

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.

Trader Joe's Wasabi Cashews.

Mu ideal nut mix would have pistachios and some salt :).

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!

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!!

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.

I love giving chestnuts to women.

chinnuts are better, IMO

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

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.

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. :yum:

I agree... I LOVE NUTS.

Well then, Wendy... have I got a deal for you. I'm nuts. :D

BigV wrote:

Trust me, I know from nuts. (aplogies to wolf)

Made me laugh out loud. I'm glad I wasn't at work when I read that.

I like all kinds of nuts. Almonds roasted with soy are good and recently I've discovered that if I buy raw pine nuts I can spice them up by dry roasting them with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Delicious!!! Only problem is...they're so small. :( But they go great in a salad (which was what my original purpose for roasting them was).

Trail mix. Nuts are none the worse for an accompaniment, and Good Ol' Raisins & Peanuts -- GORP -- is a classic.

Trader Joe's offers a gingery mix called Ginger And Mangoes Go Nuts. Full of cashews and with abundant lightly crystallized ginger and ginger-impregnated mango. Lively! On the same shelf you'll probably find a trail mix called Matterhorn Mix, which features craisins and white chocolate drops with its peanuts. Somewhat improbably, it tastes exactly like a peanut butter and black cherry jelly sandwich.