My nuts .

[Cuchilo]

Fed up with the supermarket offerings that have three nice nuts and the rest of the bag filled with peanuts i went to holland and barret today and went nut bonkers . Boy dont those bad boys fill you up ! Just tried to eat dinner and i'm just not hungry

 

[gaijintendo]

I hate it when you don't watch QI one week, and everyone else in the office starts saying "peanuts aren't nuts, they're legumes!" as if that is somehow helpful or insightful.

So, um, yeah, three nice nuts and a bag of legumes...

 

[Drago]

I'm allergic to tree nuts, but because peanuts are indeed legumes and have a different protein molecule I can munch them quite happily.

I keep an eye on ingredients, but sometimes it can be very difficult. I've found soft drinks with 'may contain traces of nuts' warnings, which isn't very helpful.

 

[lutonloony]

Cashews are my weakness, I seem to be missing the stop function when I start eating them

 

[PeteXXX]

Cashew nuts induce vomiting for me.
Most other nuts just make my mouth 'tingle' if I eat them, hence, I avoid eating nuts.

 

[Mrs M]

Pecans and macadamias are
Also Brazil nuts, especially if covered in chocolate

 

[Drago]

You lot behave. I love walnuts and hazelnuts

 

[MikeG]

When I lived in Australia as a child, we had a massive almond tree in the garden. Mum used to collect the almonds by the washing basket-full. Evenings were spent with nut crackers in hand over a waste bucket. Mountains of almonds became pounds and pounds of proper home-made marzipan, amongst much other gorgeousness, and I am still addicted to marzipan to this day, fifty years later. Don't offer me that artificial gunk from a shop, though, when a packet of almonds, an egg and some sugar produces a little taste of heaven so easily.

Anyway, isn't this thread about testicles?

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Macadamia. Not often I can afford such luxury.

 

[david k]

I love nuts
Would eat many when having a drink, if I had too much it would upset my stomach
Since realised they are very calorie dense, probably why drinking and eating nuts gave me a beer belly!
Don't eat them any more

 

[Slick]

Well it's not called a nut belly.

 

[david k]

Well it's not called a nut belly.

Well it couldn't be the beer, so must have been the nuts, so I've cut those out and kept the beer

 

[Norry1]

Cashews are my weakness, I seem to be missing the stop function when I start eating them

Likewise

 

[Slick]

Well it couldn't be the beer, so must have been the nuts, so I've cut those out and kept the beer

I remember my fil complaining bitterly about how sore the coke was on his stomach after a good night on the bacardi, I think he even believed it.

 

[Reynard]

I'm not a big eater of nuts, but I do like them. Marzipan and peanut butter do go down well though.

Good tip for the future - buy the decent nut selections in the clearance after Christmas. They usually have a pretty long date on them, and if kept in a cool dark place, preferably in an airtight container, will keep well beyond the BBE date.

Also, Lidl are very reasonable on their nuts - worth a look if there's one near you. They sell some loose as well - almonds, cashews & pistachios iirc