On Feb 23, 10:35*pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> 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.
These folks have the best prices:
http://www.nativenuts.com/
I really need to treat myself one of these days, but right now my
treat basket runneth over.
>
> --
> Jean B.
--Bryan