On Feb 21, 9:49*pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> > On Feb 20, 6:57 pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> >> George M. Middius wrote:
> >>> Jean B. wrote:
> >>>>> We also like pistachios, but I sure wish you could buy them already
> >>>>> shelled?! If they have them as such, I've sure never seen them?!
> >>>> I can get those at Trader Joe's... *BUT they don't seem to be as
> >>>> fresh as the ones in the shells, alas.
> >>> They're a bargain at TJ, but you're right IMO about the freshness. A
> >>> drugstore chain here (CVS) also has shelled pistachios, and sometimes
> >>> Safeway has them too.
> >> Fresher than TJ's? *I have some of the unshelled pistachios,
> >> because I was thinking of making a fruitcake. *It didn't
> >> materialize though. *I hope they are usable for cooking.
>
> >> --
> >> Jean B.
>
> > I can always buy macadamia nuts without shells in the baking aisle - I
> > make cookies using those and white "chocolate" chips, instead of
> > regular chocolate chips. *Delicious, so I'm told. *Naturally, I've
> > never tried one.
>
> > N.
>
> Speaking of white chocolate and nuts, white chocolate goes well
> with hazelnuts. *A woman whom I used to work with brought some
> wc-h brownies to work, and they were divine. *(I am not much of a
> white chocolate fan either.)
>
> And I forgot. *I'd REALLY like to have hickory nuts again. *I used
> to sit on my second parents' back steps, smashing them with a
> rock. *They were REALLY good. *One of the houses I looked at had a
> pig nut (synonym) tree, and I meant to get a few nuts. *I should
> have been speedier, because the tree got chopped down a couple of
> months ago.
>
> --
> Jean B.

One of our seasonal farm markets here has shelled (and unshelled)
hickory nuts every year. I'm sure you could find them online.

N.