Dumb Kwestion #63... Ah Nuts!

Ok, here is an incredibly dumb question.  Inspired by some trail mix I was eating a few minutes ago.  It was an interesting trail mix, but it wasn't nutty enough for my liking.  It had dried blueberries, dried cranberries (craisins), little white chocolate pieces and two nuts, cashew pieces and almonds. In an effort to beef up it's nuttiness I added some peanuts and some pistachio nuts.  Nearly perfect.

So my dumb question is... What is your favorite nut?  I know technically peanuts are not a nut, but everyone eats them like they are nuts.  And nowadays (at least in the U.S.) you can get nuts in all kinds of different ways.  You can get salted and unsalted peanuts, little spanish peanuts (with the red skins still on them).  Shelled and unshelled peanuts, dry roasted peanuts, honey roasted peanuts.  Much of the same thing has happened to almonds too.  You can get them plain, salted, or flavored, smoked almonds, honey roasted albums even BBQ and Wasabi falvored almonds.  You can even buy several kinds of nuts coated in chocolate!

So what is your favorite nut, and how do you like eating them?

I'm not really a nut fan, and generally steer clear of any kind of nut, out of choice.  However, I love peanuts, and have peanut butter sandwiches about every other day.  Also, I sometimes have a bag of salted peanuts, or maybe dry roasted peanuts.

I also enjoy cashew nuts, but they're really just peanuts who've been on a workout.

I wish I loved nuts more, but I end up just eating one hazelnut and then eating it slowly for about 1/2 and hour (literally!)

I like a variety of nuts, (I love me some peanut butter) but if I have a choice, it will be cashews.

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I wish I loved nuts more, but I end up just eating one hazelnut and then eating it slowly for about 1/2 and hour (literally!)

 What!? 
Oh man it seems like if I held a single hazelnut in my mouth for that long it would turn to mush and I wouldn't even need to chew it!

I like most nuts myself and do enjoy a good mixed nut snack.  I even like foods with nuts in them like banana walnut bread, cashew or almond chicken.  I even put chopped nuts (along with fresh veggies) in ramen.  I love the flavor of cashews but wish they had more crunch (sometimes they can be too soft).  Almonds are probably my favorite (especially smoked almonds) they have good flavor and the perfect amount of crunch.  But I probably end up eating more peanuts than any other nut.

I'm not a huge walnut fan, unless they are in other food (like fruit cake or baklava).  Also not a major fan of plain pecans, but I love them in a good pecan pie.  Like Xid, I'm also a fan of peanut butter... but I prefer it to be crunchy.

I prefer cashews!

However, mix them together and they are amazing!

Picked walnuts but I like ‘em all!

Oh gosh, I can't believe I forgot to put macadamia nuts on the list.  Another fantastic nut, especially pared with milk chocolate...yummmm!

My favorites are cashews.
I love to eat a mix of all kinds of nuts.

I tend to go for almonds and cashews. Sometimes one, sometimes the other.