On May 29, 6:30*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> >> my FAVORITE nuts to eat with my hands are pistachios and cashews.
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> > 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.)
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> > 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.)
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> > I didn't start buying and enjoying hazelnuts until I attended Oregon State
> > University, but they became and remain one of my favorites.
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> > 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.
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> > When I moved to northern California in 2000, I became acquainted with a
> > local pistachio producer, and now pistachios are my favorite nuts.
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> > 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".
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> > 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.
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> 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.- Hide quoted text -
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That's because Brazil nuts are bleh.