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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

The news is so terrible, I need some diverting fluff...

So, what's your favorite nut?

I'm partial to the macadamia.

Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :

Peanut.

I also enjoy the cashew.

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

For simple munching, Cashews.

For adding into things, pine-nuts.

Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :

I'm a total sucker for hazelnuts - especially if they're covered with chocolate. Mmmmm! [Smile]

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

Howard Dean.

Oh ok... prolly Almonds.

Pix

Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Nell Gwyn:
I'm a total sucker for hazelnuts - especially if they're covered with chocolate. Mmmmm!

Do you enjoy Nutella?

Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :

quote:
Originally posted by kojabu:

quote:
Originally posted by Nell Gwyn:
I'm a total sucker for hazelnuts - especially if they're covered with chocolate. Mmmmm!
Do you enjoy Nutella?

Absolutely! Mmm, Nutella crepes... *drools*

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Yum...Nutella. Try it spread on matzah. Nutella and Matzah -- perfect together.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
So, what's your favorite nut?

You.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Fahim. [Big Grin]

Seriously? Um, cashews - they're great curried! And hazelnuts in that chocolate nutty spread. Yum! But not hazelnuts plain - I go anaphylactic on those. (Did I even come close to spelling that right?)

Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :

pistachios

YUM!

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

for plain snackage: cashews
cookies: macadamias (with white chocolate chunks)

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

Actually, I like matzah with cheese and olives. I'm not big on the whole nutella thing.

I like cashews too, and pistachios. Macadamias in cookies are pretty good, too. I'm not generally a huge nut eater, though.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Pistachios, yeah, they're even nicer than the macadamias.

Can I change my answer?

Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :

I enjoy almond paste, but not the actual nut.

Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :

Macadamia nuts. Great plain, sugar-coated, or covered in chocolate!

Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :

Ooh, I forgot those sugar-roasted nuts street vendors sell. I like almonds best out of that variety.

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

nutella crepes?!?!? Those sound fabulous.

I love macademias right out of the bag/jar, and I like walnuts and pecans for candies--I love turtles and am documented as making fabuous candied walnuts.

Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :

Pecans.

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

Snacking -- roasted cashews
For cooking -- almonds
For baking -- walnuts
Nutbutter -- cashew butter

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

I hate walnuts for baking simply because, in my experience, any walnuts that the grocery store sells are already rancid, and I'm too lazy to go to the bother of shelling my own. So I use almonds in baking. Mmmmm!

Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :

The only nuts I can tolerate are pecans. They are a little sweet, and have a nice texture, much better than most other nuts. They are great in a pie, especially my mom's recipe.

Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :

Snacking - peanuts, primarily, though I have been known to eat all the pecans out of the mixed nut dish. Or if I'm in Greece and the cheapest nuts around are pistachios.

Baking - pecans. Unless it's banana bread, in which case it's walnuts.

And I tolerate Nutella on occasion. Nutella on those shortbread-esque crackers... I think I'm going to dream about that tonight [Smile]

Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :

Cashews!

Pistachios are good, too. So's peanut butter, but only the good kind - the kind whose only ingredient is roasted peanuts. I'm a peanut butter purist. [Razz]

And Nutella is addictive.

~Jane~

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Macadamias, especially in my dad's macadamia-crust lemon bars. MMMMMMMMM.

(I need to get that recipe. And post it to the Jatraquero Cookbook!)

I can't have Nutella-- allergic to hazelnuts. [Frown]

Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :

I was hoping this was an obscure reference to Best In Show. Alas, I think it was not.

Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :

Also, hazelnuts are my favorite.

Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :

For snacking--cashews.

For anything else: peanuts. Though I also like almonds, macadamia, and walnuts.

I don't eat nuts as often as I used to due to allergies. [Frown]

I miss eating stuff that has peanut butter in it. I LOVE peanut butter.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Filbert

(also called hazelnut by some)

I go down to Nifty Nut House and buy a whole pound and keep them here on my desk for munching on while I work.

FG

Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :

Tante, you're my favorite nut! [Smile]

And I mean that in the most loving way possible. [Smile]

I see now that Rivka already said that, but it was the first thing I thought when I saw the post, so I'm going to say it anyway. [Smile]

-Katarain

Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :

Fiberts/Hazelnuts as well [Smile]

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

I really enjoy most types of nuts (and nut like legumes such as the peanut).

Cashews
Peanuts (honey roasted and salted)
Almonds
Macadamia nuts (especially on White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies)
Pistachios

I love Pecan Shortbread cookies, but I don't like Pecans to munch on so much.
I detest the walnut. Yuck.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

"Hatrack Pepper, are you namin' nuts again!"

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

Hazelnuts!!

Raw or Toasted, Dipped in chocolate, made in to creamy praline filling, baked into cookies, ground into flour and made into cake, made into Gelato.

The Hazelnut is simply the superior nut anyway you eat it.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

"rrrawr rrawr"

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

(that sounded like "Macadamia nut")

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Cashew.
Pistachio.
Walnut. (majorly allergic to raw, though. Wahh.)

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

Mmmm. I love Macadamias, Cashews, and Pecans. Yum.

Actually, I love and would eat ANY kind of nut really. [Wink]

I love the Holidays because they're just around more.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

At my husband's restaurant, they make the most heavenly spiced nuts. The have some sort of honey or syrup, and some very hot spices. I have been dying to get the recipe.

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Dagonee:
"Hatrack Pepper, are you namin' nuts again!"

I need to see that movie again.

Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :

Hazelnuts.
Almonds.
Pistachios.

Nutella milshakes are the best. Mmm, oh and yes -- Nutella and crepes is an amazing combination. And for those who aren't afraid to go declasse -- dipping pretzels in Nutella is pretty great too.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

Oh man.. Pistachios... I like them better than almonds.. but they're so dangerous! I'll eat the whole freaking bag and there's SO much fat in them and I'm allergic to them!

No, almonds are best. I like them plenty, but they don't give me the temptation to eat them till I get sick.

Pix

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

to eat (or in cheese crisps!) pistachios
cashew butter from the community plaid used to live in!
in cookies macadamia nuts

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

Has anyone tried BlueDiamond Nut Thins?

They come in almond, hazelnut, pecan and smoked almond. These are the best crackers around.

And as a bonus for me, they are completely wheat and gluten free so I can eat them.

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

mmmmmmm turtles..........

Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :

pistachios.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by The Rabbit:
Has anyone tried BlueDiamond Nut Thins?

They come in almond, hazelnut, pecan and smoked almond. These are the best crackers around.

And as a bonus for me, they are completely wheat and gluten free so I can eat them.

I've tried the Nut Thin Crackers. Soooo goooood!

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

I can't decide. I have almonds, pistachios, and cashews in the house--guess I'll have to go do a taste test!

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

I like almonds and cashews. Of course, dip any nut in a good dark chocolate and I'll be happy.

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Chestnuts and cashews.
And I do love the lowly Filbert, which can only seem to find a marketplace niche by assuming a stage name.

Poor lil Filberts.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

*runs from Filberts before she breaks out in hives*

Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :

the coconut.

I once lived on mostly coconut for 2 months straight.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

steven, if it is true that you are what you eat, then you must be a really big nut.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

I can't believe I'm not anyone's favorite nut. [Frown]

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't...