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ProfessorLesser 9 Apr 2006 16:44:14 19,693 posts
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As I sit here munching my bombay mix (Marks & Spencer's, actually quite nasty - for the record), I am surprised to find, in and amongst the assortment of sub-par maizey goodness, a healthy helping of not just cashew nuts, but also pistachios! Surely a novelty item in a bombay mix... and I do consider myself something of a conoisseur ;-)

Delighted, I start to wonder: which is my favourite nut? And I find myself posed with one of the most difficult decisions I have ever had to face.

Cashew... or pistachio...?

Pistachio... or cashew...?

Both equally as moreish, both having a perfect consistency - both also completely worthless without a light salting. Pistachios have the quirky challenge of shell-removal; cashews the endearing bisection of the (correct me if I'm wrong) cotyledons into two shiny-smooth halves... it really is a conundrum. I cannot picture my life without either.

Torn, I turn to my fellow forumites to impart their wisdom. Am I making some crucial oversight in my evaluation of the duo? Or, indeed, can you think of a challenger to the almighty cashew-pistachio pair?

Marks and Spencers await your conclusion with bated and foul-stenching breath...

Edited by ProfessorLesser at 16:46:46 09-04-2006

caligari 9 Apr 2006 16:49:33 17,956 posts
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Thanks to Seinfeld, I now know that a Cashew is actually NOT a nut. It's a seed!

Sorry Prof.

Dougs 9 Apr 2006 16:57:24 100,414 posts
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Pistachio ftw!

ProfessorLesser 9 Apr 2006 16:59:55 19,693 posts
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Dougs wrote:
Pistachio ftw!

Concise, I like it.

Pike 9 Apr 2006 17:00:52 13,459 posts
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Paranuts are clearly the best nuts.

UncleLou Moderator 9 Apr 2006 17:03:50 40,723 posts
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I am all for the classics: Hazelnuts and walnuts.

brains 9 Apr 2006 17:14:00 491 posts
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Pistachios are good, but I just can't get the shells off in time to keep up with my overactive mouth.

Cashews are delicious, but make me feel sick after too many.

Based on this evidence, dry roasted peanuts are clearly the best. They are easily accessible and I can eat bag after bag (washed down with an ice cold beer).

Pike 9 Apr 2006 17:15:40 13,459 posts
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UncleLou wrote:
I am all for the classics: Hazelnuts and walnuts.

Hazelnuts and raisins is an unbeatable combination.

caligari 9 Apr 2006 17:31:27 17,956 posts
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A few years ago my mum chewed on something a little 'rubbery' whilst eating a bag of Bombay Mix.

It was a chunk of skin from somebody's THUMB! True story.

She was advised to cut the hideous chunk of yellow in half, and then to send half to get it tested and the other half to the company that made the bombay mix.

I have no idea what happened after that, but I'm pretty sure they sent her a measly �200 in compensation.

So think about THAT when you're digging into that bag of Bombay Mix.

mrharvest 9 Apr 2006 17:32:32 5,718 posts
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Macadamia is considered the king of nuts by many. I prefer pistachio.

Deleted user 9 April 2006 18:15:43

Pistachios. Although I can't discount the humble peanut's contribution to peanut butter M&Ms.

mmmm

Little 'disaster' dating story - I went on a date once with a woman quite a lot older than me - she was hot (although this thread is useless without pics). I wanted to impress her, so I took her to a really good Indian restaurant.

We had to wait for a table, and as we waited, she started munching on this stuff in a bowl. She was very polite, didn't spit it out, but was in quite a bit of discomfort, at the disgusting taste of the 'Bombay Mix'.

A waiter appeared, and said "Makes the room smell good" - it was pot pourri.

Later on, I found her lack of a sense of smell wasn't just confined to foodstuffs.

Edited by PES_Fanboy at 18:18:34 09-04-2006

Deleted user 9 April 2006 18:34:23

Unsaturated fats*, which, as anyone other than 'Dr' Gillian McKeith will tell you, are very good for you in moderation. Especially as most nuts contain linoleic and linolenic acids, which are very good for hair and skin.

* - raises high-density lipoprotein, aka 'good' cholestorol, that can lower your 'bad' cholestorol.

So nuts are cool.

heyyo 9 Apr 2006 18:37:31 14,356 posts
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I like to suck Monkey Nuts, which almost melts the shell, then I eat it

heyyo 9 Apr 2006 18:50:37 14,356 posts
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A party pack is too much too eat you fat man!*

*As I am on Global Ignore, it doesn't matter

ProfessorLesser 9 Apr 2006 19:12:04 19,693 posts
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PES_Fanboy wrote:
Unsaturated fats*, which, as anyone other than 'Dr' Gillian McKeith will tell you, are very good for you in moderation. Especially as most nuts contain linoleic and linolenic acids, which are very good for hair and skin.

* - raises high-density lipoprotein, aka 'good' cholestorol, that can lower your 'bad' cholestorol.

So nuts are cool.

Someone's done an A level in biology recently... ;-)

Truk, I'd imagine that 'too much' is once you've eaten enough nuts to no longer be hungry. In otherwords, try never to sate yourself with nuts :-)

The-Old-Bill 9 Apr 2006 19:13:53 5,101 posts
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heyyo! wrote:
A party pack is too much too eat you fat man!*

*As I am on Global Ignore, it doesn't matter

?

Deleted user 9 April 2006 19:28:21

ProfessorLesser wrote:

PES_Fanboy wrote:
Unsaturated fats*, which, as anyone other than 'Dr' Gillian McKeith will tell you, are very good for you in moderation. Especially as most nuts contain linoleic and linolenic acids, which are very good for hair and skin.

* - raises high-density lipoprotein, aka 'good' cholestorol, that can lower your 'bad' cholestorol.

So nuts are cool.
Someone's done an A level in biology recently...

No, I'm the only male nutritionist in the known universe. Although I do work for a football team, so perhaps that's slightly less gay.

Deleted user 9 April 2006 19:30:10

I can't breathe properly if I eat nuts and usually vomit quite badly too.

Therefore I do not have a preference.

ProfessorLesser 9 Apr 2006 19:32:44 19,693 posts
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Heh, sorry, just sounded a lot like the sort of thing I'd have been learning last year :-)

ProfessorLesser 9 Apr 2006 19:33:27 19,693 posts
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Thar be the Kingly Cashew, matey.

ProfessorLesser 9 Apr 2006 19:36:00 19,693 posts
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HybridR wrote:
Yeah. That one. 'Tis lovely.

Certainly a highlight of the esteemed Bombay Mix.

I can only assume the brands you've tried are absolute guff, by the way.

Edited by ProfessorLesser at 19:36:02 09-04-2006

ProfessorLesser 9 Apr 2006 19:38:53 19,693 posts
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Nowt wrong with most bird food, pretty healthy stuff.

Bombay mix on the other hand is full of atherosclerosis. Mmm...

Deleted user 9 April 2006 19:41:33

Truk wrote:

PES_Fanboy wrote:
No, I'm the only male nutritionist in the known universe. Although I do work for a football team, so perhaps that's slightly less gay.

Those work conferences must be ace!

My college courses certainly are. Next only to health & beauty courses.

However, Dietician Law states that, once women qualify, they turn into overweight sourpusses. Not sure how that happens.

Not really sure how people deal with taking dietary advice from porkers, either.

Furbs 14 Jun 2007 22:45:51 45,740 posts
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Honey glazed/roasted peanut, or the "hot nuts" you find in certain pretentious pubs.

Edited by Furbs at 16:46:14 09-04-2006