Nancy2 wrote:
> 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.

Ohhhhhhh. Now if I bought stuff online... BUT maybe the nut
mecca has them. I will go look.

--
Jean B.