On 2/24/2019 1:42 PM, cshenk wrote:
> 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.
>
I guess you don't eat tree nuts? Hazelnuts are often found in canned or
jarred snack nut mixes which often also include almonds, cashews, pecans
and brazil nuts. Love 'em!

Jill