What Is Your Favorite Type of Nut/Seed... And Why!

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

I'm pretty crazy about nuts and seeds. At almost all times, I have a mixture of at least almonds, walnuts, cashews, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds at hand for munching.

I've seen a lot of people mentioning nuts/seeds on FC, so I thought a thread about them could be fun and/or informative. And a great chance to show some of our nut porn. (Hoped it was a link, didn't you?)

So what are your favorites?


Almonds for their calcium?

Flax seeds for their omega 3's?

Peanuts for their... salt?

Or do you prefer these types of nuts for their ability to profess...nuttily?

 

[ShipDit]

My wife would leave me for viewing "nut porn"....again.

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

My wife would leave me for viewing "nut porn"....again.

I always found "nut porn" to be far more interesting than "cock porn."

 

[ShipDit]

^^^Lololol^^^!!!!

 

[mvapes]

Some people could be real TEA BAGS!

 

[mrboote]

I mainly prefer cashews. For the lame and pedestrian reason: They taste good.

 

[Nbajunkie]

cashews then pecans...honey roasted...walgreens sells a deluxe can with almonds.so tasty..side note, I used to work at a peanut factory for a year,Fishers. I found so much nasty stuff in those 50 Lb vacuum sealed bags of cashews. Especially the ones that came from India, rat droppings,hair,dirt,straw, even a condom once. And who could forget the dead mouse...nuts go through such a journey before they can be enjoyed...

 

[Abysmal Vapor]

Cocoa and coco nuts for everything

 

[djonkoman]

probably sunflower, was kind of addicted to them as a kid, well, periodically. every year at the end of the year when the sunflowers in the garden where ready for harvest, I would eat sunflowerseeds all day, everywhere I went I would first fill up my pockets with sunflowerseeds
but haven't had them in a while

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

Here's a little something about sunflower/pumpkin seeds that may come in handy someday...

http://www.livestrong.com/article/108568-supplements-increase-sperm-output/

http://www.medicainfo.com/how-to-increase-semen-volume-naturally.html

 

[Abysmal Vapor]

probably sunflower, was kind of addicted to them as a kid, well, periodically. every year at the end of the year when the sunflowers in the garden where ready for harvest, I would eat sunflowerseeds all day, everywhere I went I would first fill up my pockets with sunflowerseeds
but haven't had them in a while

In Bulgaria We joke about sunflower nuts that they are the Black Heroin

 

[Tweek]

 

[ShipDit]

 

[AdmiralAlpacha]

Walnuts are my favorite. I love the texture, taste, and even the history they have.

I've been wanting to start implementing flax seed into my diet for the omega 3's any recommendations, do you just eat the raw or put them on dishes?

 

[Enchantre]

As a former vegan, I have a highly refined taste for the finest nuts...

Macadamia nuts, raw
Sprouted almonds
Raw cashews
Dark chocolate covered sprouted almon....

*sigh*

I order way too much from nuts.com

 

[Adobewan]

Pistachios!!!!
Macadamias, pecans, and cashews are great as well but Pistachios rule!!

 

[Peloton]

Pistachios because, well, they are delicious

 

[satyrday]

I love 'em too. Came close to burning out bad on macadamias in Hawaii when I visited (bought a box). Love freshly roasted cashews, but can get funky to me preserved in a tin. Almonds are great if they're roasted to perfection - not too hard where I could lose a tooth. Ate through a girlfriend's roommate's pistachios first time I tried them. Maybe my favorite is the brasilia nut - fond childhood memories at Christmas time, but good year round really (love the challenge when in the shell). Hazel nuts ... excellent with chocolate. Walnuts - yes, especially baked into cookies. I know I'm missing some old chestnuts, but don't want to ramble on. Gotta say too - watched a lot of Uncle Jerry as a kid!

Edit: Gorged on pine nuts one time to where I felt I'd stepped over into some kind of conifer poisoning.

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

I've been wanting to start implementing flax seed into my diet for the omega 3's any recommendations, do you just eat the raw or put them on dishes?

I usually just eat them raw. I really like putting them in my oatmeal.

Pistachios because, well, they are delicious

I used to not like pistachios all that much, just due to their color. Now I've grown quite fond of cracking them open...


Oh, and in case you didn't know:

 

[Meremoth]

Mmmmmmmm, white chocolate macadamia nut cookies...

 

[ShipDit]

Pistachios,can't stop eating them once I start. Plus it's fun to see how many of the shells I can spit into the little trash can in my living room. The wife HATES when I do that so I started spitting them at her cat. (Also started wiping boogers on that asshole cat).
So now she begrudgingly let's me use the can. I still use the cat as a Kleenex when she's not in the room,but what she doesn't know won't get me slapped!

 

[Enchantre]

Shipdip, you are my favorite nut...

 

[visionaries]

Definitely pecans and almonds!
Pecans for the deliciousness, almonds because you can make some badass almond milk so easily! Both taste awesome.

 

[steiner666]

nutritionally: hempseed, but taste-wise.. i gotta go with peloton on this one, love me some 'stachios. i remember eating a TON of the red-dyed ones one xmas (never understood why they bothered dyeing them) when i was a kid and ive loved them ever since. peanuts, cashews, almonds.. love them all. infact, it's hard for me to think of a nut i DON'T like, without resorting to perversion or other forms of silliness.

 

[Tweek]

I can't eat nuts unless I am sitting in some dirty bar. Just doesn't feel the same at home.