The Christmas Nut Bowl
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hollydolly
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No my house never has, but my late M-I_L... had a big bowl of walnuts in their shells... on the sideboard all year round...lol
I never saw anyone eat them. I would imagine she changed them regularly, but it always was there on the sideboard...
I never saw anyone eat them. I would imagine she changed them regularly, but it always was there on the sideboard...
hollydolly
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Personally I eat nuts the who year round, so they're in an airtight container in the kitchen cupboard.. It's a Mix I make up myself... of Pistachios..cashews.. hazelnuts...Brazil nuts & Almonds.. and then I add Raisins ....
I love Brazil nuts but they're so high in Selenium that I limit myself to just a couple a week....but with the rest I have a small handful
I cannot bear walnuts....
I love Brazil nuts but they're so high in Selenium that I limit myself to just a couple a week....but with the rest I have a small handful
I cannot bear walnuts....
Imogene
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Oh wow! Thanks for the memory 
Brazil nuts and walnuts were my favorites.
Brazil nuts and walnuts were my favorites.
hearlady
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Yes! We had one growing up and I had one when my kids were growing up. I need to get.........
QuietByNature
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Mom always brought out the nut bowl this time of year. 
@hollydolly said, high in Selenium, these days I eat a couple a day.
@hollydolly said, high in Selenium, these days I eat a couple a day.
Aunt Bea
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There is a family owned independent grocer here that always has nuts in bulk at holiday time.
That in itself isnāt unusual but each year they make up a chart to post by each cash register with the nuts name and a sample of each nut in the shell glued to the card so that the younger cashiers can recognize them and charge accordingly.
That in itself isnāt unusual but each year they make up a chart to post by each cash register with the nuts name and a sample of each nut in the shell glued to the card so that the younger cashiers can recognize them and charge accordingly.
Muskrat
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Great memories circle around the nut bowls. We ate themā¦but also cracked many to use in baking.
RadishRose
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Yes. Brazil nuts and walnuts were my favorites, too. I still have the old nutcracker in the drawer as a fond memory.
Actually, pistachios are my real favorite but were not included the old nut bowl.
Actually, pistachios are my real favorite but were not included the old nut bowl.
Tommy
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I cannot bear walnuts....
Same here. @hollydolly. I like most nuts but have never cared at all for walnuts. Pecans aren't high on my list either although I do enjoy the rare slice of pecan pie.
Aunt Bea
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This thread brought back memories.
It was all hands on deck to crack nuts for baking.
Separating the whole nuts from the broken ones and eating a few when nobody was looking.
It was a big improvement when relatives would bring us a huge net bag of pecans that had been run through a cracking machine.
We used to use walnut shells to make various decorations.
The young guys and old men used to show off by cracking walnuts in their bare hands.
These days I look for nuts in a convenient chocolate shell!
It was all hands on deck to crack nuts for baking.
Separating the whole nuts from the broken ones and eating a few when nobody was looking.
It was a big improvement when relatives would bring us a huge net bag of pecans that had been run through a cracking machine.
We used to use walnut shells to make various decorations.
The young guys and old men used to show off by cracking walnuts in their bare hands.
These days I look for nuts in a convenient chocolate shell!
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
Wow, I forgot about that!This thread brought back memories.
It was all hands on deck to crack nuts for baking.
Separating the whole nuts from the broken ones and eating a few when nobody was looking.
It was a big improvement when relatives would bring us a huge net bag of pecans that had been run through a cracking machine.
We used to use walnut shells to make various decorations.
The young guys and old men used to show off by cracking walnuts in their bare hands.
These days I look for nuts in a convenient chocolate shell!
Michael Z
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- Northern Wisconsin
I had to crack open butternuts (and my thumb) with a hammer as a kid.
jujube
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We had one almost like that but it also had a small hammer and there was a small metal platform to put the nut on while you were striking your thumb....er....walnut.
My Virginia grandparents had pecan trees and always sent us a big box of them every year. My grandpa would write endearments on some of them (i.e. Sweetie-Pie, Baby-Doll, My Love, etc) and we'd dig through them looking for the "special" ones.
One year, someone sent us a box of pistachios, back when they used to be dyed red (remember?). They not only dyed your fingers red, they dyed your...uh...excrement. I ran in hysterics to my mother crying that I was dying. She explained that it was "dye" not "die" that was my problem.
Thank goodness that ended when more nuts came from California than from the Middle East back in the 70s.
I'm still a pecan "nut". Almonds come in second place with cashews in third. Pistachios (definitely not red) get Honorable Mention and walnuts receive a Certificate of Participation.
My Virginia grandparents had pecan trees and always sent us a big box of them every year. My grandpa would write endearments on some of them (i.e. Sweetie-Pie, Baby-Doll, My Love, etc) and we'd dig through them looking for the "special" ones.
One year, someone sent us a box of pistachios, back when they used to be dyed red (remember?). They not only dyed your fingers red, they dyed your...uh...excrement. I ran in hysterics to my mother crying that I was dying. She explained that it was "dye" not "die" that was my problem.
Thank goodness that ended when more nuts came from California than from the Middle East back in the 70s.
I'm still a pecan "nut". Almonds come in second place with cashews in third. Pistachios (definitely not red) get Honorable Mention and walnuts receive a Certificate of Participation.
MACKTEXAS
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I like pecans, but don't like accidentally biting into a bitter piece of the other part that sometimes gets stuck to them. Cheap unsalted peanuts in a jar are fine. Cashews are my favorite, but a (small) shelled container of those was $10.99 last week. Instead, I bought a large jar of peanut butter stuffed pretzels. They're also pricey at some stores, but a jar like this was only $5.49 at Ollies.
Jules
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When the bulk nuts came out in the grocery store, you knew it Christmas season.
I donāt think I have the bowl anymore. Definitely have the nutcracker which I just used the other day to take the lid off a bottled drink. Every so often I need it. The picks have been used for digging away at something; they get into crevices well.
I donāt think I have the bowl anymore. Definitely have the nutcracker which I just used the other day to take the lid off a bottled drink. Every so often I need it. The picks have been used for digging away at something; they get into crevices well.
Looks like the one we had growing up.
ChiroDoc
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Have y'all heard of Hickory nuts? They're probably closest to walnuts or pecans.
My grandparents lived in a small village near Athens, Ohio (where I was born).
All summer they'd gather the nuts which fell from a huge Hickory tree, then during winter they'd sit at the kitchen table and laboriously pick out the meats, which they put in quart jars.
I used to eat a pound of shelled mixed nuts every week. But then I developed kidney stones. I hadn't realized that most nuts are full of oxalates, which cause calcium oxalate kidney stones. But I still eat macadamias and pistachios, which are very low in oxalates.
Not everyone who eats nuts will develop kidney stones.
My grandparents lived in a small village near Athens, Ohio (where I was born).
All summer they'd gather the nuts which fell from a huge Hickory tree, then during winter they'd sit at the kitchen table and laboriously pick out the meats, which they put in quart jars.
I used to eat a pound of shelled mixed nuts every week. But then I developed kidney stones. I hadn't realized that most nuts are full of oxalates, which cause calcium oxalate kidney stones. But I still eat macadamias and pistachios, which are very low in oxalates.
Not everyone who eats nuts will develop kidney stones.
PeppermintPatty
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My parents had a nut bowl every Christmas.
My favourite nut was pistachio and Brazil nut and hazelnut. Oh and pecans.
My favourite nut was pistachio and Brazil nut and hazelnut. Oh and pecans.
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Every Christmas my mother set out a wooden bowl of nuts, a crystal bowl of candy, and one of fruit on the stereo in the living room.
Then my father would invariably come home and say, "Ho ho ho, candy fruit and nuts!" like it was a thing from a movie or something. Those forties people had their own culture.
Then my father would invariably come home and say, "Ho ho ho, candy fruit and nuts!" like it was a thing from a movie or something. Those forties people had their own culture.