Your Favorite Nuts; No Puns, Please

Karnivore, are we the only southerners on here??? Boiled peanuts all the way. Best when they come out of the ground, washed and then in the boiler with a hand full of salt for a hour or so, yummm. Course boiled peanuts are a love'um or hate'um proposition.
Larry
 
1) Turkish pistachios! Way smaller than the garden variety usually sold, but the flavor is pure heaven. I used to buy a bunch every time I was in Canada. My second favorite flavor behind morrel mushrooms.

2) Lightly salted pecans

I can't describe how much I miss any nuts at all. Since being diagnosed with end stage kidney disease, and being on dialysis since last September, I cannot eat any nuts (no jokes please) due to the high phosphorous level in them. :(
 
They're all good. Pistachios pecans and almonds are my top three. Smokehouse almonds are right there also. Want something good-melt some butter-pour it into a gallon zip lock-add some Tony's seasoning (or whatever y'all use) and a bunch of shelled pecans-shake to coat and roast in the oven.
 
I hate to break it to you guys, but most of those aren't even nuts! If we're talking true nuts, I'd have to say Chestnuts.

If we're talking CULINARY nuts (not real nuts) then I like raw, unsalted almonds. They're good AND good for your heart. However, almonds are not nuts. The "nut" is the seed inside of a drupe. You'd be surprised how many foods you eat are actually drupes.

I'm also a fan of cashews (botanically, they're a seed, not a nut) and pistachios (also a drupe)... and peanuts (actually a bean, not a nut) still in the shell.

Sorry... I couldn't resist.
 
Arizona grown pecan's for starters....

Nothin better than Arizona grown pecans, Fresh and golden and very nice. And of course good old salted and roasted peanuts in the shell....with an Ice cold Pepsi to wash it down.
 
Not a true nut, but my ALL TIME FAVORITE is soybeans fresh off the bush. They have the same flavor as raw peanuts.

If you want to limit this to true nuts then my vote goes to the pecan (Pronouced Pah-kan). Preferably mixed with cane sugar and cream, AKA a Praline (Prah-Leen). For anyone north of the M-D line or that doesn't know what a Praline is (Again pronounced Prah-leen), think of the BEST peanut brittle you have ever had. Then think of the "Best Time" (:D) you have ever had. Combine the two and you now have a Prah-Leen.

Class III
 
Good old Virginia peanuts for me, from Planters.

Of course, I also like boiled peanuts. I had an uncle down in Thomasville, Alabama that was never more than about a foot or so away from a pile of boiled peanuts when he was home in the evening.
 
An 8 ounce bag of pistachios and a couple of Shiner Bocks is comfort food for me. :D
 
I love cashews, pistachios, pecans and black walnuts in that order.

Never tried a chestnut but always wanted to. Never been anywhere they were sold I guess. They do not grow around here.

If one is a diabetic, nuts are pretty much out of the question though. I have to severely limit my intake of nuts.
 
No puns? Awww, what the shell's wrong with that? :p
Oh, alright, my favorites would be honey roasted, cinnamon pecans, walnuts, and the free ones on Southwest.
 
Cashews and pistachios. I also like a lot of other kinds, but by themselves. Please don't ruin both a good nut and a good cookie or brownie or cake by mixing the two!
 
gunlovingirl said:
Cashews and pistachios. I also like a lot of other kinds, but by themselves. Please don't ruin both a good nut and a good cookie or brownie or cake by mixing the two!
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But Mrs Fields Macadamia nut chocolate chip cookies are sooooo good :D
 
gunlovingirl said:
Cashews and pistachios. I also like a lot of other kinds, but by themselves. Please don't ruin both a good nut and a good cookie or brownie or cake by mixing the two!
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I do like oatmeal raisin cookies, and cranberry nut cookies.
 
Texas Star said:
Lee-

That was a fascinating link! Thanks. :)

In the case of my fan fic, the explorers were gathering the nuts in the remote Brazilian jungle, and they were fresh off the trees. Those were definitely raw. They didn't want to take chances. A prominent biologist with them told them how to deal with the cashews, for safe consumption. Local Indians also taught them how to prepare them. I think manioc is also toxic if not prepared the right way. It's amazing that people learn how to deal with such matters when they need food. But the human race is clever and adaptable, thank goodness.
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Yeah! Wonder who was the first? How'd he feel? How'd it happen?

Acorns can be poisonous because of the tannic acid but the grinding/washing process takes care of that.
 
BearBio said:
Me too (re: Filberts and Hazelnuts).

BTW: Uncooked cashews can be deadly. And poison oak is a member of the cashew family.
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I've tried raw cashews fresh off the tree while working in Maharashtra, India. They're not poison, just have a terrible bitter taste. The locals there rinse the nuts and roast them.
 
Found out that at my advanced age that a handful of Planters salted cocktail peanuts in the evening will stop my nightly stomach discomfort. A can last about two weeks. It was a wonderful surprize.
 
The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg praline glazed peanuts. They are incredible. Take the peanuts out of Cracker Jack and imagine them made by a gourmet chef. Addictive.
Click here to check them out - Sweet Nuts - Praline Glazed Peanuts
 
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