"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> sf wrote:
>
>> my FAVORITE nuts to eat with my hands are pistachios and cashews.
>
> Growing up, the nuts my parents bought most frequently were peanuts,
> pecans, and walnuts. They'd buy almonds every now and again too, and on
> holidays they'd buy those mixed nuts which contained hazelnuts and Brazil
> nuts as well. As a youngster the pie I loved above all others was a pecan
> pie. I didn't get to try cashews until I was about 15 years old.
> Naturally, I loved them. (Now my principal use for cashews is satay
> sauce.)
>
> The Diamond brand of flavored almonds came out when I was a young adult,
> and I learned to love them. Nowadays I find the Emerald brand of flavored
> almonds (especially the chocolate) well-nigh irresistible; they're some of
> the few nuts I'll eat out of hand. (I find most other nuts too one-note
> for eating like that.)
>
> I didn't start buying and enjoying hazelnuts until I attended Oregon State
> University, but they became and remain one of my favorites.
>
> My brother moved to Australia in 1986 and bought a factory which made
> macadamia oil: His wares (and the fresh macadamias he'd send on occasion)
> made me a fan of macadamia nuts.
>
> When I moved to northern California in 2000, I became acquainted with a
> local pistachio producer, and now pistachios are my favorite nuts.
>
> I stopped eating walnuts when I married Lin, because she's got a
> sensitivity to them -- not quite allergic, but close. It's easier to do
> without than to segregate "her food" and "my food".
>
> Like many people, I find Brazil nuts lacking in flavor. There's a bag of
> Brazil nuts sitting on my counter now waiting for inspiration to strike
> me. My intention is to make a kind of pesto using toasted Brazil nuts, but
> the other "perfect" ingredients haven't come to mind.

I like most all nuts. And I have a hard time finding just Brazil nuts. But
my mom's friend had a ton of them and asked me one day if I had a recipe for
them. I was a kid then. I went through all of the cookbooks that we had in
the house and found a recipe for Brazil nut cookies. I copied it out for
her. She made them. They were bleh.