jmcquown wrote:

> 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

No I do, just was not aware they were the same. I don't eat that many
mixed nuts to have noticed it I guess.