On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:39:15 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 12/14/2020 11:38 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:29:11 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>It is how they are differentiated from the cobnut. Varies with species
>though both come from Hazel trees. Filberts are more elongated.

And both are also called hazelnuts?

>I prefer them in the form of Frangelico.

That's a liqueur. I wonder if there's also a hazelnut liquor.

I think the hazelnut's rather boring until it's combined with
chocolate.