On Jan 12, 8:40�am, --Bryan > wrote:
> On Jan 12, 7:30�am, John Kuthe > wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> > Brazil Nuts are one of my favorite nuts,. Yes, I eat them. Mild flavor
> > and a lot of nut payoff for the effort of cracking one open. I was
> > always pleased with my ability to crack them with a nutcracker and
> > actually extract the nut meat intact, which I determined was much more
> > effective on Brazil Nuts which rattled in their shells (indicating
> > that the nut meat was not bound to the shell!)
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> > I used to eat a LOT of Brazil Nuts when I was a kid. My mother would
> > always buy those assorted nuts in the shell aroujnd the Holidays.
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> I've been snacking on assorted nuts the past few weeks.
> Like peaches, sometimes they are free, and sometimes cling. �The
> clingers can be pretty frustrating.
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> My favorite nut is hickory, but the squirrels get them all. �I wish
> they'd let you hunt them with a pellet gun here in St. Louis County.
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My grandparents had a couple hickory nut trees on their farm. I can
still remember picking them up off the ground and using rocks to break
them open.