Today is National Nut Day

@CarolDM (203454)
Nashville, Tennessee
October 22, 2021 10:27am CST
Every day we celebrate something it seems. This story got my attention since I enjoy nuts almost every day. Many health benefits to nuts as well. I always buy the unsalted nuts, and they taste just as good as the salted. I cook with nuts as well. I add them to banana bread, brownies, oatmeal and many other foods. Walnuts are one of my favorites. Do you have a favorite nut? And not a person, I am talking food.
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@Dena91 (15861)
• United States
22 Oct 21
I love almonds and cashews. I use walnuts a lot when I make cakes. I am going to make a spice cake with walnuts when I get back from taking my friend to the doctors in a little while
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Your cake sounds good. I also love cashews. Almonds not so much.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
22 Oct 21
I love a good spice cake
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@rebelann (111154)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Oct 21
Oh darn, there goes my theory that today is my day
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@rebelann (111154)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Oct 21
Oh good. All the nuts I know need a day for themselves.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Oct 21
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
You can still have your day. There is room.
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@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
22 Oct 21
I like some nuts, but not all of them. I used to like almonds but now I find them too hard for my teeth So I grind them.
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@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
22 Oct 21
@CarolDM My favorite are cashews and pistachios.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
I don't care for almonds either.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
@marguicha I like those too.
• Midland, Michigan
23 Oct 21
Lol, I like cashews, almonds, and pistachios equally although I eat mine with some salt or sometimes honey roasted. I'm eating more for the protein content and to mix up my diet a little. I mostly eat mine as a snack rather than in things.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
23 Oct 21
I eat mine with a bit of salt too
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• Midland, Michigan
24 Oct 21
@CarolDM I'm not home to cook much. Maybe one day I'll add nuts to my cooking. The only thing I use them for now is when I make cranberry salad fresh.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Oct 21
I do both, snack and cooking.
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@kobesbuddy (74528)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Oct 21
I love cooking with walnuts, they are one of my favorites. Hazelnuts are delicious, but I don't eat them often. Jay buys cashews, I sometimes share them. Almonds are wonderful, occasionally I eat these nuts. Macadamias are too expensive, but very delicious!
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
22 Oct 21
I find almond boring
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@kobesbuddy (74528)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Oct 21
@marlina My son-in-law eats them frozen, straight out of the freezer.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
They are all pretty pricey these days.
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@Janet357 (75656)
22 Oct 21
mine is pistachio. I love it!
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
I like those too.
• United States
22 Oct 21
My husband is more a fan than I am. He likes almonds and cashews; however, he gets the raw ones, so they're basically all his. My preference would be, at the very least, for them to be salted; at the best, though, they should be covered in chocolate.
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• United States
22 Oct 21
@CarolDM Chocolate or maple syrup makes pretty much everything better.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Chocolate is a good addition.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
@wilsongoddard Yes it does.
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@RebeccasFarm (86732)
• United States
22 Oct 21
I love peanut butter best ..it still is a nut
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• United States
22 Oct 21
@CarolDM Other than that I like pecans. Are sunflower seeds considered nuts?
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Glad you do. I do as well.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
@RebeccasFarm They are seeds and not nuts but enjoy them!
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@FourWalls (62096)
• United States
22 Oct 21
Hooray for me!!!! I’m a nut!!!! Oh…the food. I love cashews and pecans. Some almonds on occasion. I am a nut…..
Leroy Pullins was actually a one hit wonder that capitolized on sounding like Roger Miller
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Of course there is a song.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
25 Oct 21
I only eat the salted peanuts. But barely. Ate them all the time growing up though.. actually just bought a huge bag of them, with the shells, about a week or two ago but havent touched them
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
25 Oct 21
@CarolDM i dont really eat them for healthy to matter lol
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
25 Oct 21
Unsalted is much healthier and you can hardly tell the difference.
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@AkoPinay (11544)
• Philippines
23 Oct 21
My favorite nut is a free nut.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Oct 21
Well alrighty then.
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@Chellezhere (5363)
• United States
22 Oct 21
Rats! I was going to tell you my favorite nut is Henry (cat). Being the polar opposite of my mom regarding nuts (she hated them), I don't know if I can pick a favorite. Walnuts have a soft spot in my heart because my childhood next-door neighbors had a walnut tree in their yard that their Irish Setter mix used to climb. And, I have a soft spot in my heart for pecans because my dad's grandfather owed an orchard. I do tend to eat those nuts, almonds, cashews, and macadamia nuts most of all. Once, I spent the night at a friend's who lived seventy miles from my house. It was a work night for them, so they were so preoccupied with getting ready for work the next day that no one ate breakfast. It was also raining - which delayed my drive. So, by the time I got home, it was almost 2:00 pm, and I was starving but not looking forward to fixing anything. And that's when I remembered that I still had a box of white chocolate, cranberry, macadamia nut cookies (which was odd because I can polish those things off in three seconds). I washed those cookies down with a few glasses of Merlot, and I have to tell you, that was the greatest breakfast ever. And, I don't mean because I was starving. White chocolate, cranberry, macadamia nut cookies, and Merlot taste wonderful together.
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• United States
22 Oct 21
@CarolDM He's a sleepy boy today. It's 48°F, and the wind chill is 44°F - too cold, in his opinion, for him to want to go out on the balcony. So, I think he's a little bummed and bored.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
@Chellezhere Mine are both snuggled under a blanket right now.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Henry can have his day too. There is room. I love macadamia cookies.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
22 Oct 21
I like all nuts but I think my favorite are hazelnuts.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
22 Oct 21
@CarolDM i prefer them simple. The ones I like roasted are cashews.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
@nela13 I like cashews as well.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Walnuts are mine, but hazelnuts are good roasted.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
23 Oct 21
in Thailand, i learned to adore nuts. so I am in the same boat as you on this one!
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Oct 21
@DocAndersen Ha that is a good one.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Oct 21
Good to know. They are healthy as well.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
23 Oct 21
@CarolDM my dad used to always say you are what you eat. I never accepted the nuts he handed me after saying that!
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
22 Oct 21
I like most nuts but asva favorite I will go with the humble peanut. Happy National Nut Day.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Enjoy your peanuts.
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@Juliaacv (48389)
• Canada
22 Oct 21
I was going to say that I am my own favorite nut. I love mixed nuts, we eat the unsalted ones here.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Ha, same here. Unsalted are the way to go.
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@Ronrybs (17854)
• London, England
22 Oct 21
Never heard of nut day, but I have been eating some. Full of vitamins and essential fats. I eat them with fruit containing vit C, which is supposed to help release the goodies in the nuts
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
I have not heard of it either. But I eat them just about every day.
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
22 Oct 21
I'm going to go buy some cashews to celebrate
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
Enjoy your cashews!
@LindaOHio (155957)
• United States
23 Oct 21
I like almost any nut; but I really enjoy peanuts and macadamia nuts....Oh, and almonds too.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Oct 21
Peanuts and almonds are my least favorite, but they are all healthy.
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22 Oct 21
I love pistachio's the best. After that I I like almonds and walnuts. I'm like you a little bit I always use walnuts in my zucchini bread, cookies and brownies. I also really like pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Do you count those as a nut. Or maybe nuts and seeds just fall under the same category? I'm not sure. I just know I like them so it doesn't really matter. I like my seeds and nuts salted to eat plain, but for baking I use unsalted.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 21
You can count whatever you want as a nut. Enjoying is the main thing.