On Feb 22, 7:10*am, James Silverton > wrote:
> On 2/21/2012 10:49 PM, Jean B. wrote:
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> >> On Feb 20, 6:57 pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> >>> George M. Middius wrote:
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> >>>>>> 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.
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> >> 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.
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> > 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
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> > 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.
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> Just too much work for a small result. I leave them for the squirrels.
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> Jim Silverton
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They really are a PITA to shell - I gathered some and shelled them for
my neighbor, whose husband wanted hickory nut cake, and my grandpa's
farm had hickory trees.....it took forever.

N.