^^ this soy sauce thing is also delicious when it is done to cashews iirc
i have become a bit allergic to hazelnuts over the past five years (tight throat, difficult breathing, itchy mouth) and it makes me super sad - fresh cobnuts used to be one of my favourite things.
i bought some almond butter recently: i don't really... get it? it doesn't seem to taste as good as, like, actual almonds.
― c sharp major, Monday, 23 April 2012 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
interesting poll because these are the 2 new flavours of Alpro soya drink here in the UK; i've only had the Almond one of these and it was FOUL.
They're both super-sweet cos they've added a shitload of sugar to them. The hazelnut one has the edge though imo.
― Friends of Mr Caeiro (NickB), Monday, 23 April 2012 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
those sound exciting, may go vegan again
― thomp, Monday, 23 April 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
BTW raw spinach and walnut salad with some french dressing, fresh tomatoes and wholegrain bread = BEST LUNCH EVER
― Friends of Mr Caeiro (NickB), Monday, 23 April 2012 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
soaking nuts & then doing stuff with them is a great move. like cashew cream, blending water-bloated cashews to houmous consistency & then using to thicken & kinda sweeten soups and stuff.
almonds are >>> hazelnuts, here. hazelnuts have a better name. but there are two variants of almonds, which is a nice plus. i don't eat chocolate, and eating blanched almonds reminds me of white chocolate. i like how they're slightly soft, & you can break one into two with your hand. it gives them a little of a pistachio rhythm. I feel like the are more uses for almonds, in cooking, as well as them being more delicious in general. almonds.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 23 April 2012 10:26 (twelve years ago) link
I started pronouncing them al-monds rather than Armonds, maybe a year or two ago, I can't walk it back
My new breakfast:
1 pkg unflavored instant oatmeal1 handful almonds1/2 sliced banana1/2 cup milk1 tiny drizzle honeymicrowave all together for like 1-1.5 minsadd another splash of milk
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
and yet still, here they are, intruding like the chalky fiendish bastards they are.get out of my brownies, walnuts.how many times.
rrrobyn is the high priestess of truth here. Pecans can also get fucked.
Hazelnuts win, even though I eat more almonds. That's only bc almonds are more readily available. Hazelnuts are special, and have a drier, more brittle crunch, which is totally to be preferred.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
God I love walnuts and pecans too. To be honest I can't think of a single nut that I don't like.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
the brazil nut?
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
love them
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
macadamias - <3pistachios - <3
So you're the one that invites that guy to every party.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Cashews <3
wait - huh?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
the brazil nut. Always showing up at mixed nuts parties and ruining everything.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
Hazelnuts.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
Almondella doesn't exist. Nutella does.
Obviously that doesn't quite work, but...
How can you not like Brazil nuts? If I ever encounter mixed nuts I'll eat those first since you rarely get them otherwise and because they rule.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
I can't believe the ire vented against walnuts here! If there is one inferior nut, then that nut is definitely the peanut.
― Friends of Mr Caeiro (NickB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
I mean I also like peanuts but think they're just kind of boring.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
can we get a big "the peanut is not a nut it's a legume" thing goin, that's always fun
THERE IS NO INFERIOR/LESSER NUT YOU SAVAGES. ALL NUTS ARE WONDERFUL nature's perfect food
― same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Are brazil nuts the ones in the can of mixed nuts that's eight times bigger than all its neighbors? I hate those fuckers.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
yup
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, April 23, 2012 12:28 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
We should hang out and eat mixed nuts some time.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
^ yeah, no kidding
peanuts are great! only seem boring due to ubiquity. great flavor, essential in all sorts of cooking.
brazil nuts are just the worst. terrible texture, no flavor, the worst. even the lowly walnut shines in comparison. (and, yeah, i agree that walnuts are great in salads, okay in cookies & quickbreads.)
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
You guys are all weirdos. Brazil nuts own. I will gladly share mixed nuts with you any day.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
Brazil nuts in the shell are a very tough nut to crack. I can never get them out whole. Maybe if I were a toucan it would be easier. As far as flavor and texture go, I find them a bit bland and very slightly fiberous compared to other nuts, but they are still a pleasurable nut to eat.
― Aimless, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know that I've ever seen them in the shell. I like their texture - they remind me of macadamia nuts.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
To be honest I can't think of a single nut that I don't like.
The only time I've disliked the taste is if they're stale or oversalted.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, same.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
everyone who mentioned cashews itt is a hero
― rob, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 26 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
This poll seems like a small fragment of a round-robin tournament that has never taken place on ILX.
― Aimless, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
probably true
many xps, but i had a russian tea cake today, one of my favourite cookies ever, and yes, oh yes, this is the right place for walnuts to be.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 26 April 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
re: nutella, there's some class action thing going on where you can get money for being lied to about the health benefits of nutella.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
i've never gotten money for being lied to about almonds, so i maybe should have voted for hazelnuts.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
there are brazil nut flavor toffees in Australia (& probably the UK for all I know) - they are fucking delicious
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 27 April 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
it's easy to make nutmilk xxp
― dayo, Sunday, 22 April 2012 13:40 (5 days ago)
― goole, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toffifee
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Friday, 27 April 2012 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
(hazelnut, not Brazil nut)
justice is served
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
wtf? hazelnut >>> almond, i demand a recount
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
xp and it is delicious
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link