What's your favourite nut?

[kiwi]

I do realise I am asking for trouble posting such an opening question.

SO

this is NOT a question about crazy people or testicles.

This is a question about nuts - nuts that grow naturally upon the planet, i.e. natural nuts ;)

me? I love cashew nuts - they are the best!

What nut is your fav?

Kiwi

[Futuro]

Pecan-nut !!!
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[Leprechaun]

There are no nuts in the botanical sense but I like Almonds - and marzipan! http://bestsmileys.com/drooling/3.gif

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But sometimes marzipan looks just too good to eat ...

[sohtatexas]

Pistachio

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Walnuts

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.......but, I prefer "Party Mix"!
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[BigBucket]

Salted Cashews.

PS: I love the squirrel!

[BigBucket]

Some pornstars could learn a thing or two from this little fellah. LOL

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[MaxJoker]

Killer fattening Brazil nuts be my thang , but only if surrounded in thick

Chocolate

http://img46.imagevenue.com/loc397/th_55372_1_123_397lo.jpg (http://img46.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=55372_1_123_397lo.jpg)

More chocolate

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Or when i feel like kidding myself i`m being healthy = sugar drenched Yogurt

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Ps
Should`ve added a poll Kiwi ;)

PPs
How are we exactly going to discuss nuts ? :D

[tabler]

Dry roast with a good pint of beer to wash em down. (on a Sunday afternoon with the papers in a good pub)

[tabler]

;)Gordon fucking one eyed twat, why do we have the SAS if we cant get rid of our nuts in a logical way!

[Hal]

Peanut, salted. :)

[Wendigo]

Bobby Knutt - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461837/
Although he was never as funny as he looked.
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[Basser]

coconut

no other nut is as effective at making the noise of a horse.

[avidfan]

the cheap dry roasted peanuts from my local shop, theyre fooking lovely and loads nicer than the more expensive brands. and i love the bits that are left in the bottom of the bag too!

[tabler]

Doughnuts!.....wait a minute......Doh!

[kiwi]

Doughnuts!.....wait a minute......Doh!

I suppose it's a nut ... of sorts :D ;)

Kiwi

[captpike]

I have to say roasted salted peanuts & walnuts with a dash of salt

[imtrying]

A lightly salted almonds and cashew combo.

[slowdiver]

Hazelnuts. For two reasons alone:

1) What has a hazelnut in every bite? Thick milk chocolate for your delight? Nougar and caramel gold and light? And... Don't forget the hazelnut in every bite!

2) Nuts whole hazelnuts. OOH. Cadbury's take 'em and they cover 'em in chocklit.

Sorry, got a bit nostalgic there for a moment ;)

Seriously though, Lidl's own dry roasted peanuts. Cost about 30p for half a hundredweight, and like avidfan said of his, are far nicer than the more expensive brands :)

I don't actually like hazels that much tbh. They're small, brown, wrinkled and bitter. And if anyone wants to add a punchline to the last comment, feel free :)

[DubSalute]

When ships count then my favorite knud is the Knud Maersk:

http://img243.imagevenue.com/loc166/th_48332_knud_maersk_123_166lo.jpg (http://img243.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48332_knud_maersk_123_166lo.jpg)

http://www.wellandcanal.ca/salties/maersk/knud/knud.htm

Its also kind of salty when you lick it :p

[zarafan]

I really love all kinds of nuts, but over the past few years I've developed an unfortunate allergy to cashews and macadamias, so two of my favorites are now off my list....

:-(

zarafan

[MaxJoker]

Right enough of dancing round the contentious issue , let`s roll our sleeves up and get down to it .

I say Brazil Nuts are the best as they contain by far the most beneficial nutrients, plus are particularly healthy due to their high selenium content, which makes their protein content "complete". This means that, unlike the proteins in most plant products, Brazil nuts' proteins contain all the necessary amino acids to foster optimal growth in humans (in the same way as proteins from animal products do)
Selenium is also a powerful antioxidant linked to lower rates of cancer and heart disease. Brazil nuts are also a very good source of zinc (essential to digestion and metabolism) and an added source of protein.These nuts also contain high amounts of fat , but these fats are unsaturated and therefore "healthy" , although not so much the way i eat them which is why i`m currently blessed with "Weight"

"SO I`M FOR BRAZIL NUTS , WHO`S WITH ME !!! "


DISCUSS !
DISCUSS !
DISCUSS !

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[Clawhammer]

Personally I prefer 3/4 inch chrome Lug nuts...

One interesting thing about Brazil nuts is they only germinate in the rainforest...plantation crops are barren of the true nut which are the size and weight of a cannon ball. What we call the nuts are packed inside the big carrier nut.

Biologists found that a very small native bee uses the brazil nut tree flower as a smell communicator with the other bees in the colony. The Bees only live in the rainforest and they're the only insect that routinely travels between Brazil nut trees.... no rainforest, no nuts!

[kiwi]

Nuts whole hazelnuts. OOH. Cadbury's take 'em and they cover 'em in chocklit.

Sorry, got a bit nostalgic there for a moment ;)



That's ok slowdriver - you brought back a long forgotten memory :D

Unfortunately, I've had that jingle stuck in my head for days now :rolleyes: but I can hardly blame you for that, my friend ;) :)

GreenSkull, I'm not taken by brazil nuts - Anytime I've bought a bag of mixed nuts, the brazil nuts are always last to be eaten. The fact that they are eaten shows I have nothing against the nut itself (it's not personal, like), it's just they're not up there with the top nuts.

Let's suppose you have a mixed bag of Olympian nuts - they're all there :cool: & this is the 100 meters. The Final.

(Don't ask me if it's a salted bag of mixed Olympian nuts or a non-salted bag, that is an irrelevant question, a bit like asking what kind of running shoes are these Olympian nuts wearing? ... :D )

Here's my winning order.

1. Cashew

2. Walnut

3. Pistachio

4. Pecan

5. Almond (We'll have no nutism here!)

6. Peanut

7. Coconut

8. Chestnut & Hazelnut (It's a photo-finish for 8th & 9th places)

10. brazil nut


Kiwi

[MaxJoker]

GreenSkull, I'm not taken by brazil nuts - Anytime I've bought a bag of mixed nuts, the brazil nuts are always last to be eaten. The fact that they are eaten shows I have nothing against the nut itself (it's not personal, like), it's just they're not up there with the top nuts.

10. brazil nut

Kiwi

Tenth ! , tenth ! ,them`s fight`in words ;) (Not winking my eyes twitching)

Mind you since i`ve never actually eaten them Au natural (Had my socks off once but don`t think that counts ) only when encased in sugar and fat you may have a point :D

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Drooooooooooool :cool:

[slowdiver]

Thinking back to schooldays, does anyone remember Chewing Nuts? Not actually a nut at all, they were the bargain basement end of childhood confectionery. Small, round bullet hard caramels coated in the cheapest chocolate imaginable, they took on a whole new lease of life when shoveled into your mouth at least a dozen at a time. Sucking the nuts (steady now) for about a week and a half caused them to slowly soften, at which point a magical transformation took place, and they became the bestest toffee in the world :)

Ah memories.


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Some Chewing Nuts, yesterday.

[kiwi]

Thinking back to schooldays, does anyone remember Chewing Nuts?

... they took on a whole new lease of life when shoveled into your mouth at least a dozen at a time.

http://rosssweetshop.com/zencart/images/Chewing_Nuts.jpg

Some Chewing Nuts, yesterday.


Yes, I remember chewing nuts, slowdiver! They were exactly as you described.

I'm sure I ripped out a filling while 'chewing' on a mouthful once :eek:

happy days ;)

Kiwi

[tabler]

Gordon Brown;)

[MaxJoker]

Kiwi`s thread can`t be allowed to die , certainly not when it`s had some of the best discussions in this section. So time for a quiz to inject some more conversations

Such as what nut (s) is this self satisfied hippy holding ,and how did he live this long without getting beaten to death by now ?

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[billybunter]

KP do a chilli salted nut that is very nice. Great when inbibing in your favourite boozer. I love pork scratchings but hard to find in Ireland.

[tabler]

Just started on a big bowl of chocolate coated peanuts, got them on my desk next to me, bet they dont last long:D

[spitalhouse]

I quite like my right one.

[blondifan]

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Hot roasted Macedamia nuts
When I was barely a teenanger there used to be a health food shop that sold these hot and roasted.
No visit to town was complete without 'scoring' some.

[ILovePorn82]

I quite like my right one.

LMAO :D i dont eat Nuts, and if salted ones.

[Oswald]

Brazil Nuts. :)

http://www.thenutfactory.com/photos/nuts-brazil-ns.jpg

I like dry roasted peanuts - but, unfortunately, they give me terrible wind. :o This has only occurred since I've become older. :confused:

[Mal Hombre]

I love salted mixed nuts ,particularly cashews ,peanuts,macadamia, and pecans.Of course with christmas coming it'll be shelled nuts,of these my favourites are walnuts and hazelnuts,i not so fond of almonds and brazils are often more trouble to open than they're worth.

[Clouddancer]

You can't beat Knobby's Nuts!

Well you can but it hurts:eek::D

[Oswald]

Of course with christmas coming it'll be shelled nuts,of these my favourites are walnuts and hazelnuts,i not so fond of almonds and brazils are often more trouble to open than they're worth.

Get your nutcrackers out. ;)

I've always had terrible problems cracking nut with nutcrackers. I carefully place the nut in between the teeth of the crackers and squeeze the lever - CRACK! - pieces of shell and nut fly halfway across the room and I have to spend the next 15 minutes rummaging through the furniture and scrabbling over the floor picking up the darn bits! And what's actually edible is negligible. :(

[marlon]

Brazil nuts are enjoyable, dry roasted peanuts tasty, but you can't beat good old KP Salted Peanuts.

;)

[brianwp]

I love those honey roasted cashews, mmmm! When we were kids we ate those long, dark looking nuts, (and let me say this first...no offense meant) that we called nigger toes. I know, that's rude, and I wouldn't say it now, nor do I mean it with any prejudice, because I'm not like that..it's just what everyone called them, a long time ago, and I don't know the right name!

[MaxJoker]

I guess Zidane`s takes some beating

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But this comes a close second

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[RyderKnightley]

They are back in pubs.

http://www.bigdnuts.co.uk/

[iufrenchman]

Though I have to share a shore divergance of a few years ago when I was in Southern California sitting a "Cantinaa" when this sweet youg bar maid asked me if I "wanted some penis" ... I thought for a few and asked her to repeat her request ... again I was asked if I "wanted some penis" somewhat dumbfounded I asked her again where upon she produced a bowl of PEANUTS ... boy did I feel stupid

[blondifan]

I love those honey roasted cashews, mmmm! When we were kids we ate those long, dark looking nuts, (and let me say this first...no offense meant) that we called nigger toes. I know, that's rude, and I wouldn't say it now, nor do I mean it with any prejudice, because I'm not like that..it's just what everyone called them, a long time ago, and I don't know the right name!

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Not my favorite nut, personally. Usually get to them last.
No excuse for political incorrectness now, if I'm right? :)

Don't think I've ever actually seen a Pecan nut, but I've had cravings on occasion for Pecan Pie (yum)

Now that the "Naughties" are over, does this mean the "teenies" will begin in three years? :eek:

[charliedog]

macadamia

[Oswald]

I like these mixed nut cereals. :thumbsup:

http://www.jordanscereals.co.uk/media/dContent/393/productMainImage.jpg

[Giacson]

What Brian was describing is Brazil nuts with the skin still on.

Blondi, those are almonds.

Nobody likes Corn Nuts? :)

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Only minutes from me is one of the self-proclaimed peanut capitals of the world. Actualy, China and India produce about 50% of the worlds peanuts with the US providing a modest 10%. I used to hunt on a farm where the landowner grew many an acre of peanuts for hog feed. Harvest time was especialy nice, getting the freshest peanuts possible to take home and roast myself. Delicious!

My second favorite would be Cashews. Lastly, Brazils.

[scoundrel]

Only minutes from me is one of the self-proclaimed peanut capitals of the world. Actualy, China and India produce about 50% of the worlds peanuts with the US providing a modest 10%. I used to hunt on a farm where the landowner grew many an acre of peanuts for hog feed. Harvest time was especialy nice, getting the freshest peanuts possible to take home and roast myself. Delicious!.
How many peanut capitals of the world are there? I am aware of this one because I have a friend who comes from there. I've never been there, but from what I can make out, there are worse places to live.:)

http://www.dothan.org/

[Giacson]

How many peanut capitals of the world are there? I am aware of this one because I have a friend who comes from there. I've never been there, but from what I can make out, there are worse places to live.:)

http://www.dothan.org/

I think if you travelled through most of the southeastern United States (other than Florida, the orange capital) you'd find a "Peanut Capital" in most every one of them. Mine happens to be home to the Planter's Peanuts company, established in 1912. I guess they felt safe to claim a peanut capital title for that association.

[Extempus]

Cashews are the best!

[Oswald]

Cashews are the best!

Have you tried Roasted Cashews?

http://www.greenbulk.com/images/roasted-cashews.jpg

The recipe:

Ingredients

5 tbsp cashew nuts
2 tbsp soft brown sugar
1 tsp chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp paprika
½ tsp cumin seed
Method

1. Place the nuts into a frying pan over a medium heat and fry until golden.
2. Place the sugar and spices into a mortal and pestle or spice grinder and grind together.
3. To serve, transfer the hot nuts into a serving bowl and sprinkle over the sugar and spice mixture.

[DrFishnets]

I've always loved walnuts.

Doc

[seneca]

My left one is my fav:D

[IngramJohn]

My favourite NUT?

Boris Johnson (Mayor of London) ... he should be President of the World!

[Wendigo]

I've always loved walnuts.
Doc

I agree Doc, or mini-brains as they are affectionately known.
If a Doc recommends them you're on to a winner.

[billybunter]

hazel nuts are nice especially roasted on an open fire. Try them the next time you are camping.

[smallblock]

Chocolate covered Brazil nuts, Yes I know they got chocolate on 'em, but I LOVE 'em!

[Uniman]

I like almost all nuts except hazel nuts to which I am allergic.

[windymiller]

What has a hazelnut in every bite?


Squirrel turds?

Toasted almonds....mmmmmm:)

[tony_grego]

Caramelized macadamia nuts.
Simply the best !!

Salut !

[Night Haunter]

Salted Peanut.

Sorry to be boring, but you just can't beat em!:)

P.S. I've never met anyone who likes Brazils:(

[billybunter]

I bought a pack of KP jumbo chilli nuts in tesco today.

[Mal Hombre]

I do love a luxury salted nut selection ,peanuts,cashews,pecans,hazels and macadamias,by the way My Mum loves brazils.

[rotobott]

Technically speaking

A peanut is a legume

A cashew is a seed

Therefore neither should be in this nut thread.

Why can you never find a mod when you want one.

[blatt]

Great thread :)Not that keen on salted nuts but i do love pickled walnuts , really perfect with goats cheese. But if you dont like the look of something that really looks like a human brain then i wouldnt recommend them. They are pretty slimy and very soft. Favourite sweet nut is peanut in brittle . Loved it since i was a child and my granddad first introduced me to them:)

[NIN]

Honey Coated Cashew Nuts.., but i 'aint got any ,and they 'aint stocking them again !!
.. funny how that happens :confused:.."There isn't the demand love, You're the third person to ask today!" :mad:

[mcewan]

Pistachios and salted peanuts in shell.