| Since the earliest of time and even
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| | salted. When buying macadamia nuts, give
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| before agriculture was used by the Greeks
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| | care that they are packed in a air tight
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| to have better food resources, `Nuts'
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| | or vacuum bags, as they become easily
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| were a stable food and nutritional source
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| | rancid once opened.Macadamia nuts are
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| in the diet of manhood in the dark ages.
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| | used for confectioneries or as snacks,
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| During those times, nuts were plentiful,
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| | but also gain in popularity in the
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| as there were much more forests as today,
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| | kitchen as they have a very mild and
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| and well liked for their easy storage,
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| | subtle taste and add texture to salads,
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| which enabled people to keep them for
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| | and hot dishes. It's oil makes excellent
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| times in which food was hard to find.
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| | vinaigrette and cold sauces.WATER
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| (Winter, rainy season, etc)There is
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| | CHESTNUTSThe name refers to a nut like
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| evidence that as far back as the second
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| | tuber of a aquatic plant called Trapa.
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| century B.C., the Romans distributed
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| | The plants are common to several parts of
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| sugar almonds on special occasions such
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| | the world, but are mainly used in Japan,
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| as marriages and births.Nuts have their
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| | China and Thailand where it is also a
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| place in all cultures and through almost
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| | sought after ingredient in it's
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| all cuisine around the world. Nuts are
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| | cuisines.The trapa plant roots in ponds
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| liked by people of all ages for their
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| | and lakes and sends, its' leaves to the
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| subtle taste and high fat and
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| | surface, similar to a water lily. The
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| carbohydrate content. It is this subtle
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| | water chestnut grows on the roots
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| taste that Chefs like when creating new
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| | underneath the water surface. Water
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| dishes and variations.DESCRIPTION &
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| | chestnuts are flat and round with a
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| SPECIESUnder the category nuts, we
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| | diameter of 5 - 7cm. They have a soft
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| understand anything from a seed to a
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| | black skin and white flesh similar to the
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| legume or tuber. The peanut, as an
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| | flesh of a coconut. Once peeled, they
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| example, is a legume, the Brazil nut and
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| | can be eaten raw, or dried and are a well
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| macadamia nut are seeds and almonds are
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| | liked ingredient because its crunchy
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| the seed of a fruit similar to a
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| | texture, and sweet subtle taste. Water
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| peach.Botanically nuts are single seeded
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| | chestnuts are also boiled and made into
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| fruits with a hard or leathery shell that
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| | flour, which is used for thickening of
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| contain a edible kernel, which is
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| | sauces and dishes, much like
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| enclosed in a soft inner skin.Generally,
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| | cornstarch.CHESTNUTChestnuts are thought
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| all nut trees grow slowly but live long.
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| | to have originated in Southern Europe and
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| Trees of walnut, chestnut or pecan
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| | Persia even though they are also found in
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| continue to produce nuts, often more than
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| | China, Japan and Northern America.The
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| hundred years after planting.Nut trees of
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| | nuts of the chestnut tree have a brown
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| any species are found all over the world.
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| | shiny color and leathery shell. they can
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| Almonds for example are found in
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| | be eaten raw, but mostly are consume
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| California, Spain, Morocco, Italy and
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| | boiled, baked or roasted or as a chestnut
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| even Australia, where as the walnut can
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| | puree sweetened or unsweetened. They are
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| be found anywhere from North America to
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| | also sold in syrup as marron
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| the Andes and Persia to Australia. Asia
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| | glaces.Chestnuts are the only nuts, which
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| also has a great variety of nuts. Ginkgo
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| | are treated like a vegetable because they
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| nuts in China, candle nuts in Indonesia
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| | contain more starch (30%) and less fat
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| and Malaysia, coconut in throughout
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| | 3%.Chestnuts are also made into a flour
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| southern Asia, cashew nuts in India and
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| | high on fiber and starch.CASHEW
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| Malaysia and the Philippines, chestnuts
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| | NUTOriginating in the West Indies and
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| in China and Japan, and the water
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| | native to the north of Brazil, Portuguese
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| chestnut which is found in China, Japan,
| |
| | explorers introduced the nut to India and
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| Korea and the East Indies.SOME OF THE
| |
| | Malaysia as well as parts of Africa.The
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| BETTER KNOWN NUTS:ALMONDScientist
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| | hard-shelled nut grows inside the cashew
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| consider the almond as a stone fruit,
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| | apple. When mature the cashew nut
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| much like cherries, peaches and
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| | appears at the end of the red or yellow
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| prunes.Because most people only know the
| |
| | apple. The cashew tree is a member of
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| seed (stone) of this fruit, it is
| |
| | the poison ivy family and farmers must
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| generally accepted as a nut.Almond on the
| |
| | take great precautions when extracting
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| tree, look like small green peaches.
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| | the nuts. The hard shell contains an
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| When ripe the shell will open and reveal
| |
| | oil, which irritates the skin, so the
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| the nut in its shell.There are various
| |
| | nuts are heated to extract the kernel.
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| varieties of almonds.The bitter almond is
| |
| | The smoke and steam, which occurs however
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| in fact the kernel of the apricot, which
| |
| | may still be harmful to skin and eyes.
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| was found growing wild in China as far
| |
| | When heated the cashew nuts are harmless
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| back as the late Tang Dynasty (AD
| |
| | and may be extracted.GINKGO NUTThe ginkgo
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| 619-907).This same apricot was taken to
| |
| | is the prehistoric maidenhair tree, which
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| Europe and became the apricot fruit,
| |
| | survives as a wild tree only in China.The
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| which is now enjoyed all over the world.
| |
| | fruit looks like a tiny plum but has a
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| The bitter almond kernel is toxic in its
| |
| | foul and bitter shell. the Chinese wait
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| raw state and must be boiled quickly and
| |
| | for the smelly hull to full off, then
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| poached in a oven before being further
| |
| | paint the nuts and use them for festive
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| used. It is primarily used in Chinese
| |
| | decorations, before they crack them open
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| desserts like the almond bean curd.The
| |
| | to eat the nut. In Japan and Korea,
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| sweet almond is generally confined for
| |
| | ginkgo nuts are skewered and then
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| fresh consumption. In 1986, California
| |
| | grilled, which turns the nuts color from
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| alone produced 70,000 tons of almonds,
| |
| | yellow to green. In China, the ginkgo
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| which is half of the world's production.
| |
| | nut is a popular ingredient to vegetarian
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| The almond has been cultivated around the
| |
| | dishes. The nuts can be obtained fresh or
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| Mediterranean since ancient times and can
| |
| | canned.HAZELNUT/FILBERTSThe nut of the
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| still be found wild in Algeria and around
| |
| | hazel bush is native to Europe and North
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| the black sea. Sweet almonds can be
| |
| | America and was mentioned in writings as
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| bought whole, shelled, cut in 1/2 with
| |
| | far back as 2838 B.C., and was credited
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| skin, without skin, flaked, blanched,
| |
| | of currying many human ills as well as
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| slivered ground roasted or salted. they
| |
| | being considered excellent for Boldness
|
| are used for snacks, marzipan,
| |
| | and use as a hair tonic. Some say that
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| confectionery, and desserts as well as
| |
| | the name filbert comes from Saint
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| for the production of liqueur essence,
| |
| | Philibert, a French abbot whose feast day
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| oil and cosmetic products.BUNYA BUNYA
| |
| | on 22 August coincides with the ripening
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| PINE NUTThe bunya bunya tree is a member
| |
| | of the first nuts in the Northern
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| of the pine family and grows almost
| |
| | hemisphere.Hazelnuts have a very hard
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| everywhere in Australia. Originally the
| |
| | shell, which has to be cracked by a
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| trees originated in the area of Brisbane
| |
| | nutcracker before getting to the kernel.
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| and Rockhampton in Queensland Australia.
| |
| | Hazelnuts are available, raw, blanched,
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| Only the female trees are producing a 2cm
| |
| | or toasted, chopped, ground, cooking as
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| x 2.5cm nut in the pinecone.In the old
| |
| | well as hazelnut liquor.PEANUTThe peanut
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| days, the bunya bunya pine nuts were
| |
| | is not a true nut. It is the seed of a
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| stable food for the aborigines and also
| |
| | leguminous plant with a soft, brownish
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| used in ceremonials. These days, the
| |
| | colored brittle shell and belong to the
|
| nuts gain in popularity through the trend
| |
| | Botanical family of beans and peas. But
|
| of native food in Australia (bush food)
| |
| | they are usually considered along with
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| in recent years.The nut is rich is
| |
| | the nuts because of they're physical
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| carbohydrate, similar to the chestnut,
| |
| | characteristics and nutritional value.
|
| and therefore used more like a potato
| |
| | The nuts grow on the long roots of the
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| than a nut. the bunya bunya nuts can be
| |
| | plant and below the ground. The peanut is
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| eaten raw but are usually boiled for easy
| |
| | native to Brazil and has been found there
|
| removing of the skin. Shelled nuts are
| |
| | ever since the first recording in 950
|
| then butter fried and flavored with
| |
| | B.C..Today, peanuts are cultivated
|
| pepper or sugar, or added to stews and
| |
| | throughout the tropics all over the world
|
| soups.RED BOPPLE NUTThe red bopple nuts
| |
| | (India, China, West Africa, Australia and
|
| are a relative of the macadamia nut, and
| |
| | the USA are the largest peanut growing
|
| native to the tropical rain forest of the
| |
| | countries). Peanuts produce excellent
|
| East Coast of Australia.The nut is about
| |
| | oil, which is used for salads and cold
|
| the same size as a hazelnut and has a
| |
| | dishes as well as for frying. Peanuts
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| thick (0.5cm 0 1cm), woody husk with a
| |
| | also produce peanut butter, margarine,
|
| bright red outer skin, which only appears
| |
| | and also used in canning of sardines.
|
| if the nut is fully ripe.In contrary to
| |
| | Peanuts are available whole, de-shelled
|
| most other nuts, the red bopple nut is
| |
| | and de-skinned and raw or toasted.
|
| very low on fat, but very high in calcium
| |
| | Peanuts are used in all different
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| and potassium. the low fat content make
| |
| | varieties in everything from salads to
|
| this nut very easy digestible. The nuts
| |
| | main courses and desserts.PINENUTThese
|
| are eaten raw or toasted.COCONUT"He who
| |
| | are the edible seed of the pine tree and
|
| plants a coconut tree", the saying goes,
| |
| | grow in the cone. Pine trees are found
|
| "plants food and drink, vessels and
| |
| | in the Southern USA, Mexico and around
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| clothing, a habitation for himself and a
| |
| | the Mediterranean sea. It is very
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| heritage for his children". Indeed every
| |
| | difficult to establish a pinenut industry
|
| part of the coconut is used, but only the
| |
| | as the trees are growing very slow and
|
| coconut milk and the coconut meat are
| |
| | don't carry a lot of fruits until they're
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| foods. The shell is used as charcoal,
| |
| | 75 years old.Pine nuts are mostly
|
| the husk is used to make ropes, clothing
| |
| | obtained raw and then toasted, fried or
|
| and brushes, and the trunk of the tree
| |
| | grilled. Pine nut oil is used for the
|
| and leaves are used for roofs of houses
| |
| | cosmetic industry. Pine nut flour is used
|
| and building material respectively.The
| |
| | in confectionery.PISTACHIO NUTThe
|
| fruit of the palm `cocos nucifera' has an
| |
| | pistachio nut is a small green kernel,
|
| edible kernel and therefore qualifies as
| |
| | which grows on the pistachio tree
|
| a nut. The palm tree is native to the
| |
| | originating in Syria, Palestine and
|
| Philippines, Malaysia, Brazil and
| |
| | Persia.The natural color of the shell is
|
| Indonesia, and can produce 50 - 100 nuts
| |
| | grayish white, but some times the nuts
|
| a year, over a life span of 70 years.
| |
| | are dyed red to cover up some of the
|
| Coconut palms grow best close to the
| |
| | staining.The pistachio nut is now
|
| seaside but have been proven to withstand
| |
| | cultivated in India, Europe, North
|
| high altitude, although the production
| |
| | Africa, Mexico, the USA and the Far East.
|
| rate is diminishing as further away from
| |
| | Pistachios are usually sold in their
|
| the sea the tree grows.The large thick
| |
| | shell or shelled and blanched.The
|
| green pod encloses a brown fibrous husk
| |
| | greenish seed is used as flavoring in
|
| around a brown shell , which contains a
| |
| | cooking, candies and ice cream.WALNUTThe
|
| layer of soft white flesh and the clear
| |
| | walnut is related to the hickory and
|
| water in the center. Sub-species found
| |
| | pecan tree and grows anywhere from North
|
| only on one island of the Seychelles, in
| |
| | America to the Andes and Europe to China.
|
| the Indian Ocean, produces a nut often
| |
| | English walnuts, butternuts and hickory
|
| weighing more than 20 kg, which needs 10
| |
| | nuts are all walnuts, botanical speaking.
|
| years to ripen.Coconuts are the worlds
| |
| | All those walnuts have different shells
|
| most commercially used nuts. Especially
| |
| | and kernels but the English walnut with
|
| the meat, or copra, as it is called after
| |
| | it's rough, rippled shell and yellow
|
| sun drying, is vital for the export
| |
| | brown kernel is the most popular and
|
| industries, in coconut growing countries.
| |
| | popularly referred to as `The
|
| The coconut is a important food source
| |
| | Walnut'.Walnuts are bought in the shell
|
| especially in South East Asia, India,
| |
| | or de-shelled and are sought after for
|
| Brazil and the South Pacific Islands.The
| |
| | their oil, which is used for cooking as
|
| copra can be brought shredded or
| |
| | well as for salads and dressing.OTHER
|
| desiccated and is used in
| |
| | COMMONLY USED NUTS INCLUDE:
|
| confectioneries, ice creams and to coat
| |
| | Macadamia Nuts
|
| chicken or fish for frying. However much
| |
| | )
|
| of it is pressed for its oil also called
| |
| | Bunya Bunya Pine Nuts
|
| coconut butter as it is white and fatty
| |
| | ) Australia
|
| at room temperature. Not only is it used
| |
| | Red Bobble Nut
|
| for cooking and to make margarine, but it
| |
| | )
|
| also goes into soaps, detergents,
| |
| | Candle Nut
|
| shampoos, face cream, perfumes and
| |
| | ) Malaysia
|
| candles.It is also a major ingredient in
| |
| | Palm Nut
|
| glycerin, synthetic rubber, safety glass
| |
| | ) Philippines,
|
| and hydraulic brake fluid. Coconut juice
| |
| | Brazil
|
| or milk is the natural juice of the nut,
| |
| | Coconut
|
| but not the water inside the coconut. It
| |
| | ) Indonesia,China
|
| is won by shredding the raw coconut meat,
| |
| | Water Chestnut
|
| then adding water and straining the
| |
| | )
|
| mixture through a cotton cloth. The
| |
| | Brazil Nuts
|
| coconut milk has then the consistency and
| |
| | ) South America
|
| color of skim milk and is available
| |
| | Beech Nuts
|
| canned or frozen.CANDLE NUTThe candle nut
| |
| | ) USA
|
| gets her name, from when threaded tightly
| |
| | Pecan Nuts
|
| on the midrib of a palm leaf it has been
| |
| | ) North America NUTRITIONAL
|
| used a primitive candle. More recently,
| |
| | VALUE AND INFORMATIONNuts are rich in fat
|
| the nuts were grounded to a paste, mixed
| |
| | (40-60%) and dietary fiber (5-15%) with
|
| with copra (grated coconut meat) and ten
| |
| | moderate amount of protein (2-25%) and
|
| formed into a candle.Candlenuts are the
| |
| | small amounts of starch (up to 10%). As
|
| seed of the candle berry tree native to
| |
| | mentioned above chestnuts are an
|
| Indonesia and Malaysia but widely spread
| |
| | exemption to this general rule.The fats
|
| throughout south East Asia, the South
| |
| | in nuts are mostly monounsaturated and
|
| Pacific and Sri Lanka.The nut has a very
| |
| | polyunsaturated and contain no
|
| high content on fat and is valued for the
| |
| | cholesterol as nuts are harvested from
|
| extracted oil for lighting as well as
| |
| | plants. Only the coconut and palm nut
|
| cooking. The nut is colored gray to
| |
| | contain saturated fats.Significant
|
| black, about 5cm in diameter, with a
| |
| | amounts of minerals can be found in nuts,
|
| thin, papery husk containing one or two
| |
| | including zinc, calcium, iron, phosphorus
|
| nuts.Candlenut oil for lighting purposes
| |
| | and magnesium.They also contain some
|
| is extracted by roasting the nuts when
| |
| | provitamins and vitamins like thiamin,
|
| they are only half ripe as oil for
| |
| | riboflavin, niacin and vitamin E & C.Nuts
|
| cooking is extracted by roasting the nuts
| |
| | contain very little natural sodium and
|
| when they are fully ripe. For human
| |
| | have a high amount of potassium, which in
|
| consumption, the nuts have to be roasted
| |
| | this constellation is recommended for the
|
| as raw once have been causing
| |
| | control of blood pressure.Unfortunately
|
| sicknesses.Ripe candle nuts are roasted,
| |
| | nuts are often sold salted as snacks,
|
| then pounded into a meal and mixed with
| |
| | which upsets this natural balance, and by
|
| salt, chilies or shrimp paste for usage
| |
| | a over consummation of salted nuts people
|
| in curries or as a spicy condiment to
| |
| | take in a lot of fat and salt.Nuts are
|
| curries. Traditionally, the Javanese
| |
| | also a great source of energy and often
|
| have roasted the nuts for eating in the
| |
| | used in diets for athletes.Used in
|
| whole.PALM NUTThe palmyra palm native to
| |
| | moderate amounts, nuts in unsalted forms
|
| most South East Asian Countries produces
| |
| | are nutritionally valuable food.USAGE OF
|
| a hard, shiny nut, from which a sweetish
| |
| | NUTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL CHEFOne does
|
| sap or gel is extracted. While this sap
| |
| | not know where to start where to compile
|
| is used in the Indonesian cuisine for
| |
| | information about the usage of nuts and
|
| soups and desserts, it is on other well
| |
| | nut related product in today's
|
| known product that is begin produced out
| |
| | hospitality. In the kitchens, there is no
|
| of the palmyra palm - The Palm Sugar
| |
| | limit on the amount of dishes and
|
| (gula melacca).There are not reliable
| |
| | creations a Chef can use nuts or nut
|
| data available on the nutritional value
| |
| | products for. From appetizers to salads,
|
| of the palm nut, but it is widely known
| |
| | soups and desserts, with cheese, fish,
|
| that the fat is saturated.MACADAMIA
| |
| | pasta, meats and vegetables, nuts are
|
| NUTNative to Queensland and New South
| |
| | very versatile and do not have a over
|
| Wales in Australia, the macadamia nut
| |
| | powering flavor, and its subtle taste and
|
| takes its name from Dr John McAdam, a
| |
| | crunchy texture adopt early to almost all
|
| scientist and early promoter of the
| |
| | given products as a supplement.Nut oils
|
| cultivation Australia.The macadamia trees
| |
| | are also widely used for dressings,
|
| are evergreen and reach a height of up to
| |
| | frying and flavoring of hot and cold
|
| 20 meters. The edible seed of the silk
| |
| | dishes. Nut liqueurs can be a welcome
|
| oat tree has a very hard, light brown
| |
| | supplement to savory sauces as well as
|
| shell, 2 - 3cm in diameter.In 1888,
| |
| | pastry sauces and creams, marzipan and
|
| macadamia trees have been planted in
| |
| | other nut pastes are often used to
|
| Hawaii where through careful cloning and
| |
| | produced chocolates and confectionery
|
| hybridization, it became an important
| |
| | items. In the Indian cuisine, a cashew
|
| commercial product.Today, macadamia nuts
| |
| | nut paste is often used for the
|
| are also cultivated in South Africa,
| |
| | thickening of curries and sauces. Through
|
| Zimbabwe, California and parts of South
| |
| | the wide spread of different nuts around
|
| and Central America.It is very difficult
| |
| | the world, nuts are used in almost all
|
| to crack the macadamia nut as it's shell
| |
| | cuisines known and its nutritional value
|
| is very hard and so tight to the kernel
| |
| | make it an asset to so many diets since
|
| that when cracked the nut is smashed. In
| |
| | the ancient days.In the beverage outlets,
|
| Hawaii, American scientist developed a
| |
| | nuts are used in form of lacquers
|
| way of separating the kernel from the
| |
| | (Hazelnut, Almond) and liquid (coconut
|
| shell by shrinking them in drying bins.
| |
| | Milk), and as snacks served with drinks
|
| They then developed the first commercial
| |
| | (Salted Nuts)Thomas Wenger is a Chef and
|
| cracker. It was through these two
| |
| | Author his career has spanned the globe
|
| developments that the macadamia nut could
| |
| | for the past 25 years. His keen interest
|
| be formed to the commercial importance it
| |
| | in regional Asian cuisines, cultures and
|
| has today.This is also the reason why
| |
| | traditional cooking techniques, combined
|
| macadamia nuts are only available already
| |
| | with his background of a traditional
|
| de-shelled. Macadamia nuts also are
| |
| | continental European culinary training,
|
| valued for their oil and the macadamia
| |
| | define his cooking style and cuisine
|
| nut butter.They are available roasted and
| |
| | today.
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