What's your favorite nut?
 

On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-12-14 5:32 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:31:00 AM UTC-10,
> > wrote:
> >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:16:26 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>> --Bryan
> >>> Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that
> >>> they crack the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to
> >>> crack walnuts.
> >> It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12"
> >> Channel Lock, but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
> >> https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> --Bryan
> > I call those slip-joint pliers. My brothern
> > favorite trick is to hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a
> > table. A smart guy would hold it so the walnut makes contact with the
> > table instead of your fingers but I never did.
> >
> Your brothers in law are correct. They are a tongue and groove design
> but are most commonly called channellock. Slip joints are more common
> type of pliers with a jaw and grips, but instead of a fixed fulcrum like
> you see in things like side cutters and needle nose, they have an
> adjustable fulcrum to change the width of the jaws.
I have those pliers too. The hinge pin has indentations cut into them which allows it to slip at certain angles. It's a great, simple, and useful modification, of the simple pliers.

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On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 6:53:24 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
....
> > >
> > Your brothers in law are correct. They are a tongue and groove design
> > but are most commonly called channellock. Slip joints are more common
> > type of pliers with a jaw and grips, but instead of a fixed fulcrum like
> > you see in things like side cutters and needle nose, they have an
> > adjustable fulcrum to change the width of the jaws.
> I have those pliers too. The hinge pin has indentations cut into them which allows it to slip at certain angles. It's a great, simple, and useful modification, of the simple pliers.

"Channellock" is a Brand Name of U.S. made tongue and groove pliers that work wonderfully . I had a pair of cheap Chinese imitations which slipped consistently which I ditched after buying a genuine U.S. make Channellocks!


John Kuthe...

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wrote:
>...

i like them all. in the past few days i've had
almonds, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, and pecans.

i'd like hazelnuts more often, but we don't
usually get mixed nut containers.

i'm trying to think of any i've had that i don't
like instead and i can't think of any i don't like
at all.

for cookies i like black walnuts, but the others
are ok too.

for ice-cream i like pistachios or almonds, but
black walnut ice-cream is pretty good too. i'd have
a hard time picking between black walnut ice-cream
and pistachio. maple walnut ice-cream, butter pecan,
chocolate almond, yeah, i like all those too.

even in a pinch some peanut butter on top of
chocolate ice-cream with a banana. i don't really
mind a variety...


songbird

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John Kuthe wrote:
> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 6:53:24 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 2:25:59 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> ...
>>>>
>>> Your brothers in law are correct. They are a tongue and groove design
>>> but are most commonly called channellock. Slip joints are more common
>>> type of pliers with a jaw and grips, but instead of a fixed fulcrum like
>>> you see in things like side cutters and needle nose, they have an
>>> adjustable fulcrum to change the width of the jaws.
>> I have those pliers too. The hinge pin has indentations cut into them which allows it to slip at certain angles. It's a great, simple, and useful modification, of the simple pliers.
>
> "Channellock" is a Brand Name of U.S. made tongue and groove pliers that work wonderfully . I had a pair of cheap Chinese imitations which slipped consistently which I ditched after buying a genuine U.S. make Channellocks!
>
>
> John Kuthe...
>

What did you use them for? These type pliers used to be called
water pump pliers by old timers.

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On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 7:43:44 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>
> for cookies i like black walnuts, but the others
> are ok too.
>
> for ice-cream i like pistachios or almonds, but
> black walnut ice-cream is pretty good too. i'd have
> a hard time picking between black walnut ice-cream
> and pistachio. maple walnut ice-cream, butter pecan,
> chocolate almond, yeah, i like all those too.
>
One of my earliest memories is cracking black walnuts open with a rock
on a concrete slab. I don't think I'd even want to eat them now, and I think
it's likely that most folks who'll read this have never tasted them. They're
like the absinthe of nuts. Even squirrels seem to treat them as the lowest
of nuts--preferring even acorns--whereas they prize the hickory. Most folks
here have probably never tasted hickory nuts either. The squirrels get
them, and the few that humans get their hands on have to be cracked, and
*it ain't easy*.
>
> songbird

--Bryan

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On 2020-12-14 11:03 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 7:43:44 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>
>> for cookies i like black walnuts, but the others
>> are ok too.
>>
>> for ice-cream i like pistachios or almonds, but
>> black walnut ice-cream is pretty good too. i'd have
>> a hard time picking between black walnut ice-cream
>> and pistachio. maple walnut ice-cream, butter pecan,
>> chocolate almond, yeah, i like all those too.
>>
> One of my earliest memories is cracking black walnuts open with a rock
> on a concrete slab. I don't think I'd even want to eat them now, and I think
> it's likely that most folks who'll read this have never tasted them. They're
> like the absinthe of nuts. Even squirrels seem to treat them as the lowest
> of nuts--preferring even acorns--whereas they prize the hickory. Most folks
> here have probably never tasted hickory nuts either. The squirrels get
> them, and the few that humans get their hands on have to be cracked, and
> *it ain't easy*.
>I have several black walnut trees and I see enough walnut shell remnants
laying around my yard and my bar and piled up around tree stumps that it
looks like they really enjoy them. If not, there would likely be a lot
fewer squirrels around. I have resisted the urge to shoot them or to
trap them and relocate them but I was talking to my neighbour yesterday
after sending his dog home from our back yard. Apparently she loves to
kill squirrels.

I have explained to the neighbour that I don't care if the dogs come
over to our yard and don't care if they crap on my lawn, but if they get
near the house they are too close to the road. If she is killing those
tree rats I might let her take her chances with the traffic.

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Bryan Simmons wrote:
....
> One of my earliest memories is cracking black walnuts open with a rock
> on a concrete slab. I don't think I'd even want to eat them now, and I think
> it's likely that most folks who'll read this have never tasted them. They're
> like the absinthe of nuts. Even squirrels seem to treat them as the lowest
> of nuts--preferring even acorns--whereas they prize the hickory. Most folks
> here have probably never tasted hickory nuts either. The squirrels get
> them, and the few that humans get their hands on have to be cracked, and
> *it ain't easy*.

Wallysworld sells black walnuts for a reasonable price.
but i have shelled some of my own in the past. not too
likely to do it if i can help it in the future. there
are black walnut trees all around here. excellent wood
and excellent nuts. if you like almond extract that is
the closest flavor to them and i make black walnut
cookies with almond extract added to the frosting. it's
my favorite once in a while cookie after eating too many
of the other kinds we make.

the past few days have been a lot of holiday baking.
i think we clocked in about 700 cookies today. i didn't
eat too many of them, but a few more than i should have.
shortbread, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cherry pecan,
chocolate cherry (different kind of cherry), chocolate
chip. i think we're done for now. i won't make the
macaroons until i have some room in the freezer.


songbird

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"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:29:11 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:24:58 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 9:52:29 AM UTC-6,
>>wrote:
>>> I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite nut of
>>> all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
>>> There are however problems with cashew processing.
>>> https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
>>
>>Macadamias, then cashews! A mix is really good!
>>
>>John Kuthe
>
>I find macadamias flavorless and too oily. I like cashews but won't
>go out of my way for them. I like pistachios but I prefer walnuts and
>filberts.

Filberts :) It's such a quaint dialect.

====

Filberts!!! I haven't heard that in many many years!! When I was a
little girl, my mother used to say I had filbert nails:)

Boy that brought back memories:))))

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"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:31:00 AM UTC-10,
wrote:
> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:16:26 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:03:09 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >
> > > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:56:21 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> > >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:52:20 AM UTC-5,
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:39:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-5,
> > >>> > wrote:
> > >>> > > I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite
> > >>> > > nut of all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
> > >>> > > There are however problems with cashew processing.
> > >>> > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
> > >>> > Pistachios, apparently. I've been eating them as a midafternoon
> > >>> > snack for months. Prior to that I was
> > >>> > rotating among pecans, walnuts, and pistachios, but I eventually
> > >>> > switched to just pistacios.
> > >>> I'll never buy roasted ones again.
> > >>> https://www.target.com/p/wonderful-r...z/-/A-76544165
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Cindy Hamilton
> > >>>
> > >>> --Bryan
> > >> I get Wonderful pistachios, roasted, salted, and without the shells.
> > >
> > > I just ordered 4# of hickory nuts in the shell. Now I need a piece of
> > > granite (or an anvil) and a sledgehammer.
> > >>
> > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > > --Bryan
> > Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that they crack
> > the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to crack walnuts.
> It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12" Channel
> Lock,
> but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
> https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
>
> --Bryan
I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel
locks. Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers? My favorite trick is to
hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a table. A smart guy would
hold it so the walnut makes contact with the table instead of your fingers
but I never did.

======

LOL do you not damage the table??? Btw how are your fingers now?? lol

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"songbird" wrote in message ...

Bryan Simmons wrote:
....
> One of my earliest memories is cracking black walnuts open with a rock
> on a concrete slab. I don't think I'd even want to eat them now, and I
> think
> it's likely that most folks who'll read this have never tasted them.
> They're
> like the absinthe of nuts. Even squirrels seem to treat them as the
> lowest
> of nuts--preferring even acorns--whereas they prize the hickory. Most
> folks
> here have probably never tasted hickory nuts either. The squirrels get
> them, and the few that humans get their hands on have to be cracked, and
> *it ain't easy*.

Wallysworld sells black walnuts for a reasonable price.
but i have shelled some of my own in the past. not too
likely to do it if i can help it in the future. there
are black walnut trees all around here. excellent wood
and excellent nuts. if you like almond extract that is
the closest flavor to them and i make black walnut
cookies with almond extract added to the frosting. it's
my favorite once in a while cookie after eating too many
of the other kinds we make.

the past few days have been a lot of holiday baking.
i think we clocked in about 700 cookies today. i didn't
eat too many of them, but a few more than i should have.
shortbread, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cherry pecan,
chocolate cherry (different kind of cherry), chocolate
chip. i think we're done for now. i won't make the
macaroons until i have some room in the freezer.


songbird

=====

Blimey!!!! I can't visualise that many cookies:)))) How long is it
likely to be for you to eat that many:)))))

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On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> I usually crack walnuts by holding two
> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
> cracks open.

That's how I open English walnuts. Easy to do but there is no "gentle
squeezing." Did Jill tell you to squeeze them gently? You need to
squeeze quite hard and occasionally use your other hand to help out. One
will always break.

Cracking many will go fairly quickly - quicker than using a nut cracker.

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Hank Rogers wrote:
> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> I usually crack walnuts by holding two
>> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
>> cracks open.
>>
> Yoose wouldn't be able to do that without spinach.

LOL! :)

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Bruce wrote:

> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> second, the country that produces the most Brazil nuts
>> is not Brazil, but Bolivia.
>
> In 2017, Brazil produced 32,942 tonnes of Brazil nuts and Bolivia
> produced 25,749 tonnes.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_nut>

Hi Bruce. I thought this was Cindy responding until I checked the
headers. haha You stole her "thunder."

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Bryan Simmons wrote:
> One of my earliest memories is cracking black walnuts open with a rock
> on a concrete slab. I don't think I'd even want to eat them now, and I think
> it's likely that most folks who'll read this have never tasted them. They're
> like the absinthe of nuts.

"I feel your pain," Bryan. We used to have a 100' tall black walnut tree
and I harvested some fresh fallen ones ONCE and only once.

First you have to cut open the husk, then dig the nuts out of that black
dyed foamy mess just to get to the nut. The only way to crack that nut
was to use (what I used) a small sledge hammer. Those nut shells are
hard as granite.

Once opened, I found the black walnut meat to be a bit bitter. Not near
as good as English walnut meat.

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songbird wrote:
> the past few days have been a lot of holiday baking.
> i think we clocked in about 700 cookies today.

Isn't it just you and your mom there? Why in the world would you bake
700 cookies in one day?

Even if I had tons of friends and relatives here, I wouldn't do that.
Let them all make their own damn cookies.

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On 12/15/2020 5:02 AM, Gary wrote:
> songbird wrote:
>> the past few days have been a lot of holiday baking.
>> i think we clocked in about 700 cookies today.
>
> Isn't it just you and your mom there? Why in the world would you bake
> 700 cookies in one day?
>
> Even if I had tons of friends and relatives here, I wouldn't do that.
> Let them all make their own damn cookies.
>
>
>


yeah, that's the spirit.

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Ophelia wrote:
....
> Blimey!!!! I can't visualise that many cookies:)))) How long is it
> likely to be for you to eat that many:)))))

they're mostly gone now. Mom delivered trays yesterday
to a bunch of people so we only have a few dozen left here.
i'm sure i'll have a few today, but not too many, i'm trying
to keep from gaining too much extra weight this winter.

we also had turtles (with pecans or cashews), stained
glass windows, date nut bread, taco salad, bread,
macaroni and tomatoes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
the last few items were for the vegetarian guy at the
greenhouse. i think we have some macaroni and tomatoes
in the fridge for us to eat. i finished off some of the
taco meat yesterday that was from the taco salad. Mom
can't eat it any more as the spices bother her. oh and
we had leftover squash from what i roasted last week so
i put that in the bowl and put the taco meat on top it
was pretty tasty and filling. :)

the other thing that really helped empty out the
fridge yesterday too was that Mom shipped another friend
some packages so we had 12 extra pounds of butter in the
and a large bag of oranges and a bunch of packages of
nuts and the dried cherries that were going to her.

it's nice to have a bit of room back in the fridge
now. :) the freezer is packed pretty full though.

today i need to make some beans, we've been eating a
lot of meat lately and i'm normally not doing that every
day so to get back to our routine for the next week
will be nice. i won't be making a big batch because we
don't have room in the freezer for the extras. that is
fine with me. :)


songbird

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Gary wrote:
> songbird wrote:
>> the past few days have been a lot of holiday baking.
>> i think we clocked in about 700 cookies today.
>
> Isn't it just you and your mom there? Why in the world would you bake
> 700 cookies in one day?
>
> Even if I had tons of friends and relatives here, I wouldn't do that.
> Let them all make their own damn cookies.

we give them away. gifts. freeze a few for us. eat
a few. they're already mostly gone already other than
a few dozen we have here for us.

we're done now with the baking for a while. never
really know what or when Mom will decide to do next, but
i hope to get the macaroons done sometime in the next
few weeks/month or so. at least now i have the
ingredients. i'll only make a few dozen of those but i
do want to try to get some variations tried out to see
if i like them enough to make more.


songbird

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On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:40:37 -0500, songbird >
wrote:

wrote:
>>...
>
> i like them all. in the past few days i've had
>almonds, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, and pecans.
>
> i'd like hazelnuts more often, but we don't
>usually get mixed nut containers.
>
> i'm trying to think of any i've had that i don't
>like instead and i can't think of any i don't like
>at all.
>
> for cookies i like black walnuts, but the others
>are ok too.
>
> for ice-cream i like pistachios or almonds, but
>black walnut ice-cream is pretty good too. i'd have
>a hard time picking between black walnut ice-cream
>and pistachio. maple walnut ice-cream, butter pecan,
>chocolate almond, yeah, i like all those too.
>
> even in a pinch some peanut butter on top of
>chocolate ice-cream with a banana. i don't really
>mind a variety...
>
> songbird

One of my favorites are pignolis, a type of pine nut, as kids we
called them Indian nuts, sold in-shell from street machines, a small
handful for a penny... usually on Italian cookies. One nut I don't
care for are pecans... the flavor and texture seem wrong to me.
More than nuts I prefer sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.
Neither of us like peanuts, we both think peanut butter is hidious,
yet I like the filling in Reeses, probably more about the chocolate.
My wife likes almond butter... I prefer Almond Joy.
https://remcooks.com/2012/02/28/pignoli-cookies/

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:27:01 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"dsi1" wrote in message
...
>
>On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:31:00 AM UTC-10,
>wrote:
>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:16:26 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
>> > On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:03:09 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:56:21 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
>> > > wrote:
>> > >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:52:20 AM UTC-5,
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:39:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
>> > >>> wrote:
>> > >>> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-5,
>> > >>> > wrote:
>> > >>> > > I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite
>> > >>> > > nut of all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
>> > >>> > > There are however problems with cashew processing.
>> > >>> > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
>> > >>> > Pistachios, apparently. I've been eating them as a midafternoon
>> > >>> > snack for months. Prior to that I was
>> > >>> > rotating among pecans, walnuts, and pistachios, but I eventually
>> > >>> > switched to just pistacios.
>> > >>> I'll never buy roasted ones again.
>> > >>> https://www.target.com/p/wonderful-r...z/-/A-76544165
>> > >>> >
>> > >>> > Cindy Hamilton
>> > >>>
>> > >>> --Bryan
>> > >> I get Wonderful pistachios, roasted, salted, and without the shells.
>> > >
>> > > I just ordered 4# of hickory nuts in the shell. Now I need a piece of
>> > > granite (or an anvil) and a sledgehammer.
>> > >>
>> > >> Cindy Hamilton
>> > >
>> > > --Bryan
>> > Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that they crack
>> > the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to crack walnuts.
>> It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12" Channel
>> Lock,
>> but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
>> https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
>>
>> --Bryan
>I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel
>locks. Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers? My favorite trick is to
>hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a table. A smart guy would
>hold it so the walnut makes contact with the table instead of your fingers
>but I never did.
>
>======
>
> LOL do you not damage the table??? Btw how are your fingers now?? lol

I hold two walnuts in one hand and squeeze them together, the weaker
shell cracks.

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Sheldon Martin wrote:
....
> One of my favorites are pignolis, a type of pine nut, as kids we
> called them Indian nuts, sold in-shell from street machines, a small
> handful for a penny... usually on Italian cookies. One nut I don't
> care for are pecans... the flavor and texture seem wrong to me.
> More than nuts I prefer sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.
> Neither of us like peanuts, we both think peanut butter is hidious,
> yet I like the filling in Reeses, probably more about the chocolate.
> My wife likes almond butter... I prefer Almond Joy.
> https://remcooks.com/2012/02/28/pignoli-cookies/

i've not had those specific cookies, but i have picked
pine nuts aka piñón in NM before and like those too. quite
a different taste than most nuts. ah, those are the same as
pignolis.

i like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
roasted or raw are good.


songbird

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On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 5:17:46 PM UTC-6, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> > Channel locks and slip joints are very different tools... no such
> > animal as groove joint pliers. I usually crack walnuts by holding two
> > in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
> > cracks open.
> >
> Yoose wouldn't be able to do that without spinach.

Can't make a proper meat ravioli either.

--Bryan

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On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9:02:46 AM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>
> i like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
> roasted or raw are good.
>
You eat raw sunflower seeds? Really?
>
> songbird

--Bryan

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On 2020-12-15 8:01 a.m., Gary wrote:

> "I feel your pain," Bryan. We used to have a 100' tall black walnut tree
> and I harvested some fresh fallen ones ONCE and only once.
>
> First you have to cut open the husk, then dig the nuts out of that black
> dyed foamy mess just to get to the nut. The only way to crack that nut
> was to use (what I used) a small sledge hammer. Those nut shells are
> hard as granite.
>
> Once opened, I found the black walnut meat to be a bit bitter. Not near
> as good as English walnut meat.
>

And then there is that black walnut stain to deal with. It looks pretty
pale but when it gets on you fingers it is dark brown.

>
>

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Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9:02:46 AM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>
>> i like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
>> roasted or raw are good.
>>
> You eat raw sunflower seeds? Really?

i have in the past. they're pretty bland.


songbird

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:01:24 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>
>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> second, the country that produces the most Brazil nuts
>>> is not Brazil, but Bolivia.
>>
>> In 2017, Brazil produced 32,942 tonnes of Brazil nuts and Bolivia
>> produced 25,749 tonnes.
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_nut>
>
>Hi Bruce. I thought this was Cindy responding until I checked the
>headers. haha You stole her "thunder."

Well, somebody stole my thunder the other day. I forgot if it was
Cindy. I've got it back now.

Anyway, it could be different this year. The Brazilians are burning
all their trees. We might have to switch to Bolivia nuts.

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:40 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> > I usually crack walnuts by holding two
>> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
>> cracks open.
>
>That's how I open English walnuts.

I bet English walnut is what I call walnut. All y'all like to add an
arbitrary country to a food name. English walnuts with some Swiss on a
Danish, cooked in a Dutch oven, next to the baby.

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:22:07 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Bruce" wrote in message ...
>
>On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:29:11 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:24:58 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 9:52:29 AM UTC-6,
>>>wrote:
>>>> I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite nut of
>>>> all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
>>>> There are however problems with cashew processing.
>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
>>>
>>>Macadamias, then cashews! A mix is really good!
>>>
>>>John Kuthe
>>
>>I find macadamias flavorless and too oily. I like cashews but won't
>>go out of my way for them. I like pistachios but I prefer walnuts and
>>filberts.
>
>Filberts :) It's such a quaint dialect.
>
>====
>
> Filberts!!! I haven't heard that in many many years!! When I was a
>little girl, my mother used to say I had filbert nails:)
>
> Boy that brought back memories:))))

Oh, so they didn't make it up themselves. Now I'm wondering what
filbert nails are. Round and hard to crack, I guess.

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:09:26 -0800, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 12/15/2020 5:02 AM, Gary wrote:
>> songbird wrote:
>>> the past few days have been a lot of holiday baking.
>>> i think we clocked in about 700 cookies today.
>>
>> Isn't it just you and your mom there? Why in the world would you bake
>> 700 cookies in one day?
>>
>> Even if I had tons of friends and relatives here, I wouldn't do that.
>> Let them all make their own damn cookies.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>yeah, that's the spirit.

lol

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:30:27 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2020-12-15 8:01 a.m., Gary wrote:
>
>> "I feel your pain," Bryan. We used to have a 100' tall black walnut tree
>> and I harvested some fresh fallen ones ONCE and only once.
>>
>> First you have to cut open the husk, then dig the nuts out of that black
>> dyed foamy mess just to get to the nut. The only way to crack that nut
>> was to use (what I used) a small sledge hammer. Those nut shells are
>> hard as granite.
>>
>> Once opened, I found the black walnut meat to be a bit bitter. Not near
>> as good as English walnut meat.
>>
>
>And then there is that black walnut stain to deal with. It looks pretty
>pale but when it gets on you fingers it is dark brown.

Just mix them with some beetroot and turmeric before you eat them.

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On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:37:21 +1100, Bruce wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:40 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>>On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>
>>> I usually crack walnuts by holding two
>>> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
>>> cracks open.
>>
>>That's how I open English walnuts.
>
> I bet English walnut is what I call walnut. All y'all like to add an
> arbitrary country to a food name. English walnuts with some Swiss on a
> Danish, cooked in a Dutch oven, next to the baby.

I suppose to be pedantic, one would call them Persian walnuts. The English
walnut is often grafted onto American black walnut rootstock in the US.

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:55:24 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:37:21 +1100, Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:40 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>>On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I usually crack walnuts by holding two
>>>> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
>>>> cracks open.
>>>
>>>That's how I open English walnuts.
>>
>> I bet English walnut is what I call walnut. All y'all like to add an
>> arbitrary country to a food name. English walnuts with some Swiss on a
>> Danish, cooked in a Dutch oven, next to the baby.
>
>I suppose to be pedantic, one would call them Persian walnuts. The English
>walnut is often grafted onto American black walnut rootstock in the US.

The Irano-American walnut.

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On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:37:28 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:40 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
> >On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> >
> > > I usually crack walnuts by holding two
> >> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
> >> cracks open.
> >
> >That's how I open English walnuts.
> I bet English walnut is what I call walnut. All y'all like to add an
> arbitrary country to a food name. English walnuts with some Swiss on a
> Danish, cooked in a Dutch oven, next to the baby.

We could call them white walnuts to distinguish them from black walnuts,
but that never really caught on. Wikipedia informs me they're also called
Persian walnut, Carpathian walnut, or Madeira walnut.

I do refer to the two white walnut trees in my yard that way, though.

Cindy Hamilton

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On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:27:10 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:31:00 AM UTC-10,
> wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:16:26 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
> > > On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:03:09 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:56:21 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > > > wrote:
> > > >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:52:20 AM UTC-5,
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:39:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-5,
> > > >>> > wrote:
> > > >>> > > I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite
> > > >>> > > nut of all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
> > > >>> > > There are however problems with cashew processing.
> > > >>> > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
> > > >>> > Pistachios, apparently. I've been eating them as a midafternoon
> > > >>> > snack for months. Prior to that I was
> > > >>> > rotating among pecans, walnuts, and pistachios, but I eventually
> > > >>> > switched to just pistacios.
> > > >>> I'll never buy roasted ones again.
> > > >>> https://www.target.com/p/wonderful-r...z/-/A-76544165
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Cindy Hamilton
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --Bryan
> > > >> I get Wonderful pistachios, roasted, salted, and without the shells.
> > > >
> > > > I just ordered 4# of hickory nuts in the shell. Now I need a piece of
> > > > granite (or an anvil) and a sledgehammer.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > > >
> > > > --Bryan
> > > Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that they crack
> > > the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to crack walnuts.
> > It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12" Channel
> > Lock,
> > but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
> > https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
> >
> > --Bryan
> I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel
> locks. Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers? My favorite trick is to
> hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a table. A smart guy would
> hold it so the walnut makes contact with the table instead of your fingers
> but I never did.
> ======
>
> LOL do you not damage the table??? Btw how are your fingers now?? lol
That's a good point. It's probably a good idea to protect the table by wrapping your fingers around the walnut. Don't do this on a hard surface, that might hurt! A solid wood table works best. This trick works because walnuts are weaker than most people believe. OTOH, if you're over the age of 60, this may be a bad idea. Mostly, this is just a cheap parlor trick. Most times, the nut is smashed all to hell.

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Graham wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:37:21 +1100, Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:40 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I usually crack walnuts by holding two
>>>> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
>>>> cracks open.
>>>
>>> That's how I open English walnuts.
>>
>> I bet English walnut is what I call walnut. All y'all like to add an
>> arbitrary country to a food name. English walnuts with some Swiss on a
>> Danish, cooked in a Dutch oven, next to the baby.
>
> I suppose to be pedantic, one would call them Persian walnuts. The English
> walnut is often grafted onto American black walnut rootstock in the US.
>

"Multicultural" walnuts!

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:06:01 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:37:28 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:40 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> >
>> > > I usually crack walnuts by holding two
>> >> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
>> >> cracks open.
>> >
>> >That's how I open English walnuts.
>> I bet English walnut is what I call walnut. All y'all like to add an
>> arbitrary country to a food name. English walnuts with some Swiss on a
>> Danish, cooked in a Dutch oven, next to the baby.
>
>We could call them white walnuts to distinguish them from black walnuts,
>but that never really caught on. Wikipedia informs me they're also called
>Persian walnut, Carpathian walnut, or Madeira walnut.
>
>I do refer to the two white walnut trees in my yard that way, though.

Well, it's just that there's not much English about them.

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:28:26 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9:02:46 AM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>
>> i like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
>> roasted or raw are good.
>>
>You eat raw sunflower seeds? Really?
>>
>> songbird
>--Bryan

I grow giant sunflowers, I've eaten the seeds raw but they are better
roasted. I usually toast some shelled in a pan in butter, but most
end up damaged by insects because I don't use insecticides. I let the
birds have at them. Bluejays are masters at shelling sunflower seeds.

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On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:37:31 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:06:01 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:37:28 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:40 -0500, Gary > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On 12/14/2020 6:01 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I usually crack walnuts by holding two
> >> >> in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
> >> >> cracks open.
> >> >
> >> >That's how I open English walnuts.
> >> I bet English walnut is what I call walnut. All y'all like to add an
> >> arbitrary country to a food name. English walnuts with some Swiss on a
> >> Danish, cooked in a Dutch oven, next to the baby.
> >
> >We could call them white walnuts to distinguish them from black walnuts,
> >but that never really caught on. Wikipedia informs me they're also called
> >Persian walnut, Carpathian walnut, or Madeira walnut.
> >
> >I do refer to the two white walnut trees in my yard that way, though.
> Well, it's just that there's not much English about them.

You're not wrong. But we had to call them something to distinguish them
from the native black walnut, and they were brought to America from England.

I also have black walnuts growing in my yard. They're much more prolific
than the white walnut trees. The squirrels enjoy both kinds.

Cindy Hamilton

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:15:12 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:37:31 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:06:01 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >We could call them white walnuts to distinguish them from black walnuts,
>> >but that never really caught on. Wikipedia informs me they're also called
>> >Persian walnut, Carpathian walnut, or Madeira walnut.
>> >
>> >I do refer to the two white walnut trees in my yard that way, though.
>> Well, it's just that there's not much English about them.
>
>You're not wrong. But we had to call them something to distinguish them
>from the native black walnut, and they were brought to America from England.
>
>I also have black walnuts growing in my yard. They're much more prolific
>than the white walnut trees. The squirrels enjoy both kinds.

I don't think I've ever seen a black one. Walnut that is. Maybe
they're not worth exporting or growing outside of their native area.
Not if you can choose white walnut instead.

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On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 3:06:02 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:15:12 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:37:31 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:06:01 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >We could call them white walnuts to distinguish them from black walnuts,
> >> >but that never really caught on. Wikipedia informs me they're also called
> >> >Persian walnut, Carpathian walnut, or Madeira walnut.
> >> >
> >> >I do refer to the two white walnut trees in my yard that way, though.
> >> Well, it's just that there's not much English about them.
> >
> >You're not wrong. But we had to call them something to distinguish them
> >from the native black walnut, and they were brought to America from England.
> >
> >I also have black walnuts growing in my yard. They're much more prolific
> >than the white walnut trees. The squirrels enjoy both kinds.
> I don't think I've ever seen a black one. Walnut that is. Maybe
> they're not worth exporting or growing outside of their native area.

They probably are not. They're native to North America and are more
difficult to process than white walnuts. Their flavor is also somewhat
stronger, so they're not really a 1:1 replacement.

The squirrels, in fact, usually wait for me to "process" them with the
lawn mower. Once I've removed the thick husk they're more interested
in opening or burying the remaining walnut in its shell.

Cindy Hamilton