Got Nuts?
 

What's your favorite nut? (You can't pick anybody here. :) )

I don't eat nuts too often.
No, I'm not like the nut reciting guy in Best In Show.
I like almonds. Peanuts are okay. (And don't tell me they're not a nut.) Walnuts don't have the best flavor. Macadamia is too fattening to justify the flavor. Cashews are so-so.

And do you prefer crunchy or smooth peanut butter?

- Jake

I think my favorite would be Spanish peanuts, with the red skins on. Second would be salted peanuts in the shell. There's a store on Walnut St. in Philly called Nuts to You, and every time I walk by it smells SO good. Every once in a while I'll stop and buy a bag of warm peanuts. Next favorite would be cashews.

As for peanut butter, I am a connoisseur! I LOVE peanut butter. I go thru spells where I can't get enough. Right now since I'm on a diet I'll say Skippy Low Fat is my fav. It's actually not bad. Next I'd say is the Peter Pan Honey Roast. Yummy. I can eat it by the spoonful! Part of why I'm on a diet, I guess. :lol:

Carol

LOL..."I used to be able to name every kind of nut..." --Harlan Pepper (Best in Show) hehe

Anyway, being from one of the world's largest pecan growing regions, I have to say that they're my favorite nut :)

I also enjoy almonds and peanuts....

I dislike chunky peanut butter...and can only really tolerate one brand of peanut butter - Jif...haha...so I'm not really big on the stuff...but it's gotta be Jif creamy :)

:lol:

Darn. I can't pick anyone here? :wavey:

I'm not a big fan of nuts at all. In fact, if they're in or on something, I usually pick them off. If I have to pick a favorite nut, it would probably be the cashew. As far as PB is concerned, we use Reduced Fat Jif and Simply Jif (it has less sugar...my dad has diabetes).

You remind me of that old Joan Rivers joke. Not to comment on your intelligence...you took the Pepsi Challenge & chose Jif. ;)

- Jake

I forgot pecans. They're so-so in my book.
When I was little I liked chunky pb & hated the smooth - an exception to my no-lumps-in-food rule.

- Jake

I just cut Skippy low-fat out of my diet in an effort to get in better shape before the end of summer. It's not that low-fat, BTW, though cardiologist friends have told me that peanuts are good for the heart. What do I care. My heart is tiny. :angel: No more pb for me.

- Jake

- Jake

My favorite nuts are: peanuts, walnuts, and pecans.

I like all kinds of peanut butter. Yummmm.

May I inquire, just what is it you like about walnuts? I like the texture - you can really bite them - but that's about it.

- Jake

I really have no answer. :laugh: I just like them.

Sorry, that is not acceptable. Search your soul & get back to me. :wavey:

- Jake

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

You just said "you remind..." and "Joan Rivers..." in the same sentence. That was scary. :laugh:

Are we starved for conversation if we're discussing our favorite kind of NUTS? !

I have a severe obsession with pistachio kernels, and milder obsessions with almonds and cashews.

I don't really eat nuts, but I've been reading that they're really good for you (especially walnuts), so that's about to change.

Walnuts, pecans, and cashews are my favorites. Peanuts have too much salt, and I don't think I've ever eaten macademia nuts.

You should still eat nuts. Maybe not peanut butter, but whole nuts, a small handful a day, or every other, at least. Cut out some other NOT good for you fat. I'm a big fan of nuts, they're very beneficial. I like almonds best, though i eat SF seeds most (cheap) which have vitamin E. Did you know walnuts are the only thing besides fish and flaxseed oil that have Omega 3 fatty acid? Plus, nuts have slower release energy, which helps you feel full and keeps your blood sugar steady. My family has a little problem with Hypoglycemia (sugar makes us tired/irritable, but we crave it) and nuts can always come to the rescue of low blood sugar.
Amber "I work for the American Nut Council" G.
oh, yeah, i forgot how good and addictive pistachios are.

I don't like any kind of nuts whatsoever. NONE. And I Hate when resturants ruin my hot fudge sundays by putting nuts on top of them. Danm it people stop it.

Don't worry, you still remind me of old Joan in your special way. :wavey:

- Jake

Not necessarily. Feel free to discuss your least favorite too. :wavey:

I forgot pistachios. I used to love them but I'm given them by the truckload by students every holiday, so I'm sick of them.

- Jake

The first time I te macadamia I loved them, & they're still okay in cookies. They're not worth the price or the calories.

- Jake

I've got bags of nuts in my pantry, but healthy or not, I don't have a strong desire to eat them soon. You're right, though, they are filling.

BTW, I love the peanuts in Cracker Jack. Anybody else?

- Jake

You reminded me, I love DQ's Peanut Buster Parfaits, but they're so small. Damn it people. Stop it. Make them bigger. :nod:

- Jake

Fabulous. Well, I suppose there are far worse things I could remind you of. :rolleyes:

And you do. :distress:

- Jake

I like walnuts, peanuts and cashews. My favorite peanut butter is Skippy Super Crunch. I don't any of the above very often because of the high caloric content.

I love pistachios, cashews, and honey roasted peanuts. My favorite peanut butter is crunchy. :thumbsup:

Than Joan? What, what, could this far worse thing be? I don't believe there is such a thing! :D
Amber

Cashews are my favorite!!!

Okay, now YOU explain the appeal of walnuts. It can't be the flavor, which works only in brownies.

- Jake

When I lived in Chicago I ate honey roasted peanuts & Ben & Jerry's every day. I miss that metabolism.

- Jake

Michael Jackson, for one.

- Jake

TIE!!!
MBER

Shoot, I don't know, Jake, they're just nutty (like me?)! I like them most in food, like brownies, cakes, fudge, ice cream. Well, no wonder I never eat them, my goodness, I'd weigh 1,000 lbs! To make you feel better, I'm not crazy about them on their own, but they certainly enhance the above-mentioned foods.

Wow! I have never had that kind of metabolism. How lucky you are to have had that for a while anyway!? :p

No way. At least Joan picks on people her own age.

- Jake

Okay, I can live with this answer. You may pass Go. :wavey:

- Jake

But she's so much more foul. And I think JC was waaay older when she picked on him. And she befouls the minds and hearts of anyone, any age, who happens to glimpse her. Perhaps we'll have to ATD. :wavey:

I didn't mention that I would eat Haagen-Daz every day also. Usually it would be three in a sitting: B & Jerry's Chunky Monkey & Wavy Gravy & H-D Caramel Cone Explosion.
With a Diet Coke.
And I was in great shape (at least on the outside. Who knows what that crap was doing to my stomach.). It helped that in Chicago I walked everywhere, and I walk quickly. Here you walk to the car, and only if there's no valet. A co-worker called me today that she is moving near the university just to be near the trail. She's paying a fortune to be in what she calls a New York-sized apartment.

And no, I wasn't lucky. Now that the diet is starting to catch up to me, I find that I lack the discipline to cut. I have discipline in all areas except the eating. It's not out of control crazy wild, but I struggle to cut the necessary corners where needed. But I am starting to work out a little more, which has always helped a lot in the past. I just hope if I take a trip before school starts up (on the 11th!! :rolleyes: ) that the disruption doesn't mess me up too much.

- Jake

- Jake

Sorry, I'm on some funky prescription drugs right now, who is JC?

- Jake

oh, Johnny Carson, and can i have some? :lol:
Amber

Look, I don't condone her action - a betrayal in the business world, backstabbing in Hollywood - but I don't think it's as bad as MJ buying up the Beatles stuff. That's just slimey. At least I could understand Joan wanting her own show, but WTF did MJ need more royalties for? Silk chimp pajamas?

- Jake