dsi1 wrote:

> On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 6:10:36 PM UTC-10, dejamos wrote:
> >
> > We called them filberts in Houston when I was a kid in the '60s
> > (although I believe I knew at the time they were also known as
> > hazelnuts) but over time they became hazelnuts. I haven't heard
> > them called or called them filberts myself for many years.
>
> My wife had filbert trees at her home in Virginia. She said that they
> used to have piles of the nuts in her garage. The used to jump on the
> piles and play in them. This was 100% all-natural ball pits before
> there was ball pits.
>
> She called them "filberts" because that's what the Americans called
> these nuts back in the old days. "Hazelnuts" is the classier,
> European name, for the unpopular filbert. The move to change the name
> for marketing purposes is a deliberate and smart one.

I'm not that familiar with either one and didnt realize the name was
for the same thing.