Pluggers by Rick McKee for April 19, 2021

Ground nuts

Dang, try finding a Brazil nut. (I know that they’re not everyone’s favorite, but I like them.)

I like them all. Even the walnuts and macadamia nuts. Some people don’t like those.

I don’t mind cashews and pecans; Brazil nuts and walnuts as well as peanuts are a little hard to please.

For me, Hazelnuts and Brazil Nuts are the best.

… and Almonds and Cashews are a “No thank you.” I would sort them out – leave them for someone else.

Did she get em from the Walnutmart?

I’ve bought the less than 50% peanuts. When you open the can it’s still mostly peanuts. The less than 50% part is by weight. You have to buy the Deluxe mixed nuts and pay more than twice as much if you don’t want peanuts.

Nuts!

Voting with your taste buds ;-)

Whoa! You actually found TWO pecan halves in a can of Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts?

Cashews, then pistachios!

Yes! We can.

Very true. That’s why I wont buy the mixed nuts.

What about the one Brazil nut, two almonds and six Filberts?

Always though the label should be Peanuts Et Al.

So, spend a little less and get all peanuts like I do.

I buy the Costco “Extra Fancy Mixed Nuts” Not a peanut in the bunch. Cashews, Brazil nuts, peeled almonds, raw almonds, pecan halves and macadamia nuts.

A large grocery company based near me sells very good quality nuts in wide varieties and in many different blends. Their packaging let’s you see what’s in the bag or container. A lot of the nuts are available in no-salt, lightly salted, and salted versions. Best of all they’re not much higher in cost than the lame old “I wonder what I’m getting this time” brands. They even have a line of quite a few very different trail mix type blends.

Same trick is often pulled with sliced bacon-very lean slice on top and the rest is mostly fat. I like to buy fresh lean Pork Belly, smoke, and thick slice it myself. No Salt, Nitrates, or other chemicals.

I like them all.

In Canada, Bulk Barn is the place to create any nut mix you want, choosing raw, roasted, dry roasted, salted or unsalted.

I always buy the Deluxe Mixed Nuts, usually the house brand wherever I’m shopping. It’s not that I don’t like peanuts, it’s just that there are way too many.

Thats why i spend extra to get special mixed without peanuts.

Pecans rule!! Especially on the pies my Mom baked. Her pecan pies were so good I even asked her to bake birthday pies instead of cakes.

For some reason I recall the no peanuts blend being labelled Royal Mix. It contained cashews, almonds, pecans, hazelnuts and brazil nuts. Grandma always had a large can of those, along with the containers of Spanish peanuts and regular peanuts, next to a bowl of assorted Hershey’s miniatures on top of her dining room buffet.