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Mixed nuts...

A big bowl of mixed nuts is sitting in front of you. You are only allowed to eat one nut. Which one would you choose?

(This nightmarish scenario popped into my head when I grabbed a small handful of mixed nuts at 3:30 p.m. to hold me to dinner, having forgotten to eat the first bite of a single thing today. I adore nuts. I can't remember a single type I haven't loved. But, I'm thinking I'd pick a cashew. Then again, I might just slit my wrists instead.)

29 Comments:

You scenario is pure torture for me!! I'm thinking cashew...or maybe a pecan...could be a toasted almond or maybe I'd go for a brazil nut:)

Hazelnut, if it's there, and if not, cashew.

Jeez . . . what a cruel moment . . . a cashew.

I'd definitely go for an almond first, and my absolute last choice would be a brazil nut!

cashew,pecan,cashew,pecan...hmmm....oh there are other nuts?

almond....but first I'd dip it in a jar of Nutella....

cashew or macadamia, and they're not there, a walnut.

Almonds in a heartbeat :-)

Dominic
the zen kitchen

pistachio (lick the salt off the shell first)

hazlenut. if it's not there, i will sadly eat an almond.

Are there Brazil nuts? Totally Brazil nuts, no question about it.

Ooooh, the horror! I truly hope I will never ever be in this situation...But if I am forced to choose just one, it would be pistachio nuts. I think. :-)

Only one? It might not be worth eating just one because that would just make me want to eat more. But if I had to I'd pick a peanut.


I hope this never actually happens...Salted pistachios or maybe Brazil nuts/walnuts. Gee.

toasted nuts? the almond. untoasted? walnut.

I think I'd go for a pistachio...if they were really...good...pistachios.

Those small in-the-skin spanish peanuts... not a difficult choice, I'm a bit indifferent about the other nuts, anyway.

Cashews, pistachios & macadamia.....OH MY!!!

Hmmm...almond, if none there...Brazil.

Almonds, then pecans, then hazelnut. Cashews and brazil nuts would be my last choices. Walnuts fall somewhere in between.

Cashews or pistachios...

Madelyn
KarmaFree Cooking

First would probably be a cashew, second choice would be pistachio or almond.

Ranking best to worst (with a few possible ties):
Pistachio
Almond
Cashew
Pecan
Macadamia
Peanut
Brazilnut
Hazlenut
Walnut

If I had to pick one nut to eat forever, I would pick almonds (since they are pretty much a part of my daily diet) however, in a bowl of mixed nuts I adore cashews and macadamias and dig them out first if given the chance. Okay-decision time-cashews take it by a hair!

Brazil Nuts. Failing that, cashews and failing that, almonds.

What a great question!! I'd say the cashews!

Walnuts leave a funny taste in my mouth, and pecans are only good among other nuts. Peanuts or almonds would probably be the second choice, but cashews all the way!

Hillary
Chew on That

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