Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!

[steve-in-kville]

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?

I am intrigued as well

[JimFoxvog]

"Walnuts" includes several different nuts. English walnuts are OK. Black walnuts are delicious.

[temporal1]

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

If i’d not read this, ^^^ i don’t believe i would have appreciated this:



i’m very fond of hazlenuts.

[RZehr]

I planted a Franquette English Walnut today. And a pear, apple and plum.

[MaxPC]

I really like all nuts and the sunflower or pumpkin seeds. In my youth 8 decades ago we would always be thrilled to get walnuts. As children do, we would borrow our father's hammer to crack them. My younger brother, in a moment of gormless glory hit his toe and broke it. I can still hear his screams to this day. RIP little brother.

[temporal1]

“COCA-COLA AND PEANUTS - A CLASSIC SOUTHERN SNACK“
This Coca-Cola and Peanuts is an old-school southern drink with a long and interesting history.
It's a convenient drink and snack in one!
https://www.thecountrycook.net/coca-cola-and-peanuts/

we weren’t in the south, i heard of this as a young teen, my best friend was a lively only child who introduced me to many exotic and marvelous notions. not that i remember trying it! where would i get a nickle or dime for a coke?! peanuts? she had access to much more than i, with lots more freedoms, indulgences. she longed to have siblings like me, i swooned at her privacy+freedom.

she was always on the cutting edge of what was happening, together, we tried things out.
we got in hot water a few times. o.gee. our mothers were just too smart for our own good.

[Sudsy]

“COCA-COLA AND PEANUTS - A CLASSIC SOUTHERN SNACK“
This Coca-Cola and Peanuts is an old-school southern drink with a long and interesting history.
It's a convenient drink and snack in one!
https://www.thecountrycook.net/coca-cola-and-peanuts/

we weren’t in the south, i heard of this as a young teen, my best friend was a lively only child who introduced me to many exotic and marvelous notions. not that i remember trying it! where would i get a nickle or dime for a coke?! peanuts? she had access to much more than i, with lots more freedoms, indulgences. she longed to have siblings like me, i swooned at her privacy+freedom.

she was always on the cutting edge of what was happening, together, we tried things out.
we got in hot water a few times. o.gee. our mothers were just too smart for our own good.

Thanks for the history on this. I don't recall who got me drinking this but I still enjoy it occasionally.

[Ken]

Interesting that you opted for the term filbert instead of hazelnut.

We grew up around filbert orchards in Oregon. In fact my childhood home was built on a former filbert orchard and there were still two old filbert trees in our back yard. According to this site they say that 99% of the nation's filberts are grown in the Willamette Valley: https://oregonfresh.net/education/orego ... -industry/ Also filberts are the state nut of Oregon and Oregon is the only state to actually have a "state nut"

I've heard it said that farmers grow "filberts" and sell "hazelnuts".

The former is what they actually call them. The later is how they are marketed these days.

We had an old hand-crank filbert cracking machine growing up and my dad used to roast them on the stove with salt and butter. Good eating! But I haven't had them for ages. These days I usually get bags of pistachios at Costco for my nut fix.

[Sudsy]

Mixed nuts - as I hang out here with such folks.

[temporal1]

Peanuts
https://peanut-institute.com/peanut-facts/

Is a Peanut a Nut?
Botanically, peanuts are classified as legumes; however, for culinary, research and nutritional purposes, peanuts are considered a nut. Peanuts grow underground, as opposed to nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc. that grow on trees.

Is a Peanut a Legume?
Peanuts, along with beans and peas, belong to the single plant family, Leguminosae. Legumes are edible seeds enclosed in pods. As a group, they provide the best source of concentrated protein in the plant kingdom. While their physical structure and nutritional benefits more closely resemble that of other legumes, peanuts’ use in diets and cuisines more closely resembles that of nuts. ..