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Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:53 am
by steve-in-kville
Check your three favorite snacking nuts. Post if you like something not listed.
Technically not a nut but a seed, but I like roasted/salted pumpkin seeds (pepitas as they are often called).
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 10:08 am
by RZehr
Interesting that you opted for the term filbert instead of hazelnut.
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 10:10 am
by steve-in-kville
RZehr wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 10:08 am
Interesting that you opted for the term filbert instead of hazelnut.
I like to keep things edgy sometimes
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 10:42 am
by RZehr
I’m surprised how much more popular pecans are than almonds. Maybe it’s geographic reflection on where they are grown. Probably most people are near the pecan groves and far from Californias almond groves?
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 11:17 am
by steve-in-kville
Its hard for me to eat just plain peanuts. I like the flavored ones like dill pickle or ranch or something. Cashews and walnuts are my go to's these days.
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 12:01 pm
by ken_sylvania
RZehr wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 10:42 am
I’m surprised how much more popular pecans are than almonds. Maybe it’s geographic reflection on where they are grown. Probably most people are near the pecan groves and far from Californias almond groves?
It's my impression that in general the commercial farming of almonds is terrible for the environment. In some ways I am a conservationist.
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:29 pm
by nett
RZehr wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 10:42 am
I’m surprised how much more popular pecans are than almonds. Maybe it’s geographic reflection on where they are grown. Probably most people are near the pecan groves and far from Californias almond groves?
The internet told me Almonds have unhealthy fats in them, or something like that.
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 7:57 pm
by Sudsy
You forgot 'Half Nuts'. Wife says that is what I am and I likely won't change much.
I like putting peanuts in a glass of Coca Cola. See, she was right.
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 8:23 pm
by RZehr
People should eat more filberts. Or hazelnuts.
Here is some information on almonds and water. This is from 2015, and the droughts are a lot worse since then.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment ... ts-charts/
California’s worst drought on record isn’t stopping the state from growing massive amounts of nuts: The state produces over 80 percent of the world’s almonds and 43 and 28 percent of the world’s pistachios and walnuts, respectively. As Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott details in this longread, the state’s almond market in particular has taken off: What was a $1.2 billion market in 2002 became $4.8 billion market by 2012.
Why are the almond growth rates so…nuts? (Sorry.) One reason is that the average American now eats two pounds of the crunchy snack per year—more than twice as much as a decade ago. But the biggest demand is coming from abroad: The US now exports 70 percent of almonds.
The thing is, nuts use a whole lot of water: it takes about a gallon of water to grow one almond, and nearly five gallons to produce a walnut. Residents across the state are being told to take shorter showers and stop watering their lawns, but the acreage devoted to the state’s almond orchards have doubled in the past decade. The amount of water that California uses annually to produce almond exports would provide water for all Los Angeles homes and businesses for almost three years
Re: Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 8:30 pm
by justme
Peanuts in a glass of Coca Cola? Now that's one that i haven't ever heard before.
What's the attraction? Is it even any good?