Foo - Your favorite nuts?

I like cashews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew).

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ALLERGY INFORMATION: The fingers used to type this thread have handled peanuts and tree nuts.

My mix..........cashews; Brazil nuts; pecans; filberts

cashews, yumm. I like mostly all nuts, just not salted, please....

Two peanuts were walking through the park and one was assaulted! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

those cashews look greasy.

i like almonds and walnuts the best.

Raw Macadamias!!!!! :)

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Filberts!

Brazil nuts have a compound in them that make you more let's say........verile.

Almonds. Despite the fact that the hardest, crappiest, and lowest paying job I ever had was moving sprinkler pipes in an almond orchard.

Raw Macadamias!!!!! :)

In cookie dough!:D

peanuts...fo shizzle

Temptation forces me to say this..............

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salty chocolate balls ftw!

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Almonds and pistachios and salted in the shell peanuts.

Why do almond farmers call their product a'monds? Because they gotta shake the "L" out of em to get them outta the tree.

That was for you Superdex!!

Raw Macadamias!!!!! :)

Gotcha covered! We have 8 trees. Badly neglected, but we are pruning them this week.

Did you know that Cashews are REALLY caustic? If you don't roast them they can burn your mouth. More than a few visitors have found out the hard way. The fruit of the cashew is what most people eat down this way and it is very good.

I like cashews, almonds :) No salt as well. :)

Plain old roasted peanuts. With beer.

They're all good. But tamari-roasted almonds. Yum.

SaabFan, Explody Pup, Taerom, Stacey, Tom Stormcrowe, Serendipper, KT, really I like em all!!!

I'm a nut, crack! crack! I'm a nut.

Pistachios for flavor
Walnuts for health
Peanuts in the shell for ballgames
Macadamia for texture
Pine Nuts for pizza & salad

"Our Momma finally said, "You kids quit namin' nuts""!

The nuts gotta have salt.

Oh, I really like cashews and pistachios. Macadamas are great too. Does coconut qualify?

My favorite nuts are FOO nuts!
Same here.......but close seconds are

cashews
pistachios
almonds

cashews,pistachios

Siu, Pheard, and Taerom,,,,,,,oh, you mean Nuts! In that case, Almonds.

I like em all. I just don't like the cheap assed planters mixes that consist mainly of peanuts.

Some balls are held for charity
Some for fancy dress
But the balls that are held for pleasure
Are the balls that I love best


OH....wait!!! You said NUTS, not BALLS. Sorry, my bad.

Some balls are held for charity
Some for fancy dress
But the balls that are held for pleasure
Are the balls that I love best


OH....wait!!! You said NUTS, not BALLS. Sorry, my bad.
AC/DC fan as well, eh?

AC/DC fan as well, eh?
AC Who? :D

Almond Joy...............because sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't!

my favorite nuts?
DEEZ NUTS!!!

oh come on, it had to be said
I munch on almonds, cause someone told me theyre healthy.

I like cashews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew).

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ALLERGY INFORMATION: The fingers used to type this thread have handled peanuts and tree nuts.
my daughter got VERY ill last month by cross contamination on a key board at school, Im all for jokes but I made that public on here of how sick she was and how she could die from it, I just posted another comment on how she again got sick yesterday because of nuts and then this thread went up,I hope it was coincidence :( and not a bad joke for me... It made me very sad to read this joke about allergies specially after I just told everyone that she is sick again.
I love cashewsif you want to know but Im hoping this allregie joke wasnt put up there because of what Im going through, it would be mean :(

Nut allergies are some of the worst. Just like seafood or shellfish allergies. I hope she gets to feeling better. I hate that.

I like nuts...period.

Except pine nuts...

my daughter got VERY ill last month by cross contamination on a key board at school, Im all for jokes but I made that public on here of how sick she was and how she could die from it, I just posted another comment on how she again got sick yesterday because of nuts and then this thread went up,I hope it was coincidence :( and not a bad joke for me... It made me very sad to read this joke about allergies specially after I just told everyone that she is sick again.
I love cashewsif you want to know but Im hoping this allregie joke wasnt put up there because of what Im going through, it would be mean :(

BDG, I hope your daughter is feeling better. I didn't read the threads about her alergies. I'm sure the OP wouldn't be so callus to make fun of this situation.....:( ......right?

Hang in there Mom. I know your doing all you can.

Gotcha covered! We have 8 trees. Badly neglected, but we are pruning them this week.

Did you know that Cashews are REALLY caustic? If you don't roast them they can burn your mouth. More than a few visitors have found out the hard way. The fruit of the cashew is what most people eat down this way and it is very good.

Oh my goodness...how long does it take to grow them? !8! Trees? Oh yum. Now I really think we need to move down there! :p :D

Cashews? Really? I eat raw cashews all the time, and I've never been burned. I actually prefer the flavor over roasted ones. It's possible that the ones I eat are blanched, though.

If coconuts count, then they are my favorite. :) But really, I love most nuts. Almonds are especially good after soaking them for about 10 hours. Sooooooo good!

BDG, I hope your daughter is feeling better. I didn't read the threads about her alergies. I'm sure the OP wouldn't be so callus to make fun of this situation.....:( ......right?

Hang in there Mom. I know your doing all you can.
you're right,i came back to delete my post after taking a long breath, the timing where this thread went up was just a bad coincidence Im sure.. Im sorry.. and thanks for the good wish.now you guys have your fun and Ill just stay out of a thread that just brings very sad feelings to me, sorry again

I must have missed those posts, too BDG! I'm sorry to hear about your daughter. I hope she's ok!

Shadiyah - there probably is a way to remove the offending skins on Cashews.

Found on the web:


Cashews come from the same plant family as mango and pistachio, as well as poison ivy and poison oak. The "poison" in these plants refers to the powerful chemical irritants they contain, which causes our skin to itch. So, handling and eating raw cashews will cause the same itchy skin reaction in people sensitive to the irritant as handling poison ivy.

Since these caustic chemicals are found in the shell oil, not the nuts themselves, shelling them removes much of this oil and irritants. Roasting cashews at a high temperature helps ensure that commercially sold nuts will not trigger a reaction in their consumers, since the roasting process destroys the shell oil that may still remain on the nut.

Didn't know you were eating poison ivy, now did you?

I think it is 4 or so years to go from seeds to Macadamias - but I am not sure.

And more:


You may be able to find raw, shelled cashews in specialty or health food stores. These nuts have not been roasted, but they have been heat-treated to remove the caustic shell oil. Raw cashews are popular among raw food followers, and can be used to make cashew milk. Choose a reputable source, as you want to avoid rancidity in the unroasted nuts as well as ensuring that the caustic shell oil has been removed.

4 years? That's all? :) How many times a year do they produce nuts? This is fascinating. :D

I didn't know that cashews were like that! Same with mangos and pistachios! I wonder if you can eat pistachios raw. I have never found any. I wonder if they cause burning as well. The cashews I usually buy are from a brand called Nutty Guys (http://www.nuttyguys.com/category.php?cat_id=104). They are a local company here in Salt Lake City, and they have GREAT products! :)

Things really grow fast in the tropics. They can produce for about half the year or more. All the blooms do not set on at the same time. I just checked, 5 to 7 years to start producing - and then continue for 70 years or so.

Avocados are more like 8 years. Citrus, 2 to 3 years.

I just answered my own pistachio question here: http://www.nuttyguys.com/category.php?cat_id=109

:D I want to try them!

Pecans, pistachios, and cashews are my favorites

Walnuts in salads or cookies

macadamia nuts with chocalate, or in fish dishes. The oil is great on salad or cooking

Hazelnuts, roasted, no salt for munching and cooking. Over ice cream with soft chocalate...yum!

Almonds in granola or in salad. Chopped fine and made into a crust for fruit crisp (blueberries, apples and raspberries together).

Just about any nut butter on home made bread.

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blonduathlongrl,

I wasn't aware you or anyone else here had a recent bad experience with nut allergies. I just included that as a silly throwaway line. Perhaps I should have been more sensitive when I posted, but it wasn't prompted by malice. I hope your daughter is doing well.

cashews are not nuts. Look it up. EDIT: ...failure to read complete thread...

I used to have a thing for walnuts, then I ate too many one day and got sick. Then I was a cashew man. Ate too many this christmas. Now I'm all about the pistachios. I sure hope I can control myself.