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Default Does anyone really like Brazil nuts?

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:01:51 -0500, Kate Connally >
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>sf wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:16:09 -0800 (PST), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> My sister gave me a large canister of mixed nuts for Christmas. I've
>>> eaten the cashews, the almonds, the pecans, and I've managed to give
>>> away the hazelnuts, but nobody will touch the Brazil nuts. Does
>>> anybody actually eat them? Everyone I've talked to has said no.
>>> They're the lima bean of the nut world.

>>
>> My husband likes them. He used to eat the brazil nuts first in a can
>> of mixed nuts. After that, it was almonds... then everything else,
>> but I got dibs on cashews.

>
>I used to do that, too, but it was to get rid of them
>so I could enjoy the cashews. Save the best for last!
>

I used to do that with food when I was a kid, eat my way around the
plate and save the best for last. As a teenager and adult, I just
bought myself xx cents worth of cashews when the mood hit.


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