Have you ever thought about the nuts we eat and the nuts we don't? I thought of this on a recent walk as squirrels ran across my path. One of the squirrels happened to have an acorn in its mouth.
I thought, they eat acorns, why don't we?
We eat pecans and walnuts. Then there are hazelnuts and chestnuts. Both are good over an open fire, only one has a song about it.
We don't eat actual Buckeyes because they're poisonous, but we make candy to look like them.
There are macadamia nuts, making the perfect mate to white chocolate chips. Macadamias also make the most expensive cookie to bake.
There's the exotic Brazil nut.
We can't just limit the list, we must include the nut of cashew.
I could keep going but not without cheating because I'm running out of nuts.
According to Wikipedia, there are forty-two.
No, they are not all for human consumption. It is a very fascinating list. If you're a nerd. Or someone who's blogging ridiculous amounts and needs a good topic and when a squirrel runs in front of them it gives them the idea of writing about nuts.
I'm glad I got that off my chest… nut.
Ha!
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