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.)
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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:)
JEP at 6:56PM on 01/08/08
Hazelnut, if it's there, and if not, cashew.
wellred at 7:31PM on 01/08/08
Jeez . . . what a cruel moment . . . a cashew.
ride&cook at 7:40PM on 01/08/08
I'd definitely go for an almond first, and my absolute last choice would be a brazil nut!
ChristineB at 7:57PM on 01/08/08
cashew,pecan,cashew,pecan...hmmm....oh there are other nuts?
bisbee at 8:35PM on 01/08/08
almond....but first I'd dip it in a jar of Nutella....
moibec at 8:42PM on 01/08/08
cashew or macadamia, and they're not there, a walnut.
HunterAnglerGardenerCook at 8:50PM on 01/08/08
Almonds in a heartbeat :-)
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 8:53PM on 01/08/08
Pecan.
lemons at 9:02PM on 01/08/08
pecan.
cybercita at 9:08PM on 01/08/08
pistachio (lick the salt off the shell first)
PerkyMac at 9:19PM on 01/08/08
Brazil nut
windjunkie at 9:49PM on 01/08/08
hazlenut. if it's not there, i will sadly eat an almond.
beth1 at 10:34PM on 01/08/08
Are there Brazil nuts? Totally Brazil nuts, no question about it.
sheeats at 10:39PM on 01/08/08
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. :-)
brooke29 at 10:54PM on 01/08/08
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.
Gordon Mark at 11:36PM on 01/08/08
I hope this never actually happens...Salted pistachios or maybe Brazil nuts/walnuts. Gee.
Christina at 12:46AM on 01/09/08
toasted nuts? the almond. untoasted? walnut.
tudogostoso at 1:25AM on 01/09/08
I think I'd go for a pistachio...if they were really...good...pistachios.
fuuchan at 1:56AM on 01/09/08
Those small in-the-skin spanish peanuts... not a difficult choice, I'm a bit indifferent about the other nuts, anyway.
mongoose at 3:16AM on 01/09/08
Cashews, pistachios & macadamia.....OH MY!!!
RichardCrystal at 8:37AM on 01/09/08
Hmmm...almond, if none there...Brazil.
radley24 at 9:31AM on 01/09/08
Almonds, then pecans, then hazelnut. Cashews and brazil nuts would be my last choices. Walnuts fall somewhere in between.
AuntJone at 10:14AM on 01/09/08
Cashews or pistachios...
Madelyn
KarmaFree Cooking
MadelynRodriguez at 11:33AM on 01/09/08
First would probably be a cashew, second choice would be pistachio or almond.
jmoilanen at 11:48AM on 01/09/08
Ranking best to worst (with a few possible ties):
Pistachio
Almond
Cashew
Pecan
Macadamia
Peanut
Brazilnut
Hazlenut
Walnut
Lilla at 11:51AM on 01/09/08
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!
psychsarah at 1:16PM on 01/09/08
Brazil Nuts. Failing that, cashews and failing that, almonds.
Traveller at 1:29PM on 01/09/08
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
Chew on That at 1:43PM on 01/09/08