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Greatest Nut of All-Time

The Greatest Nut of All-Time is...

  • Peanut

    Votes: 24 17.5%
  • Almond

    Votes: 15 10.9%
  • Cashew

    Votes: 31 22.6%
  • Pecan

    Votes: 7 5.1%
  • Walnut

    Votes: 5 3.6%
  • Pistachio

    Votes: 29 21.2%
  • Brazil

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Filbert

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Hazelnut

    Votes: 6 4.4%
  • Macadamia

    Votes: 17 12.4%
  • Chestnut

    Votes: 3 2.2%

  • Total voters
    137

CrapSandwich

former Navy SEAL
I'm going with Pistachio. You have to work to get to the nut, and the flavor is amazing, despite being the ugliest of all nuts. They look like petrified giant rat turds. Although I'm also a big fan of the Macadamia, based solely on how impenetrable the shell is. Though the Macadamia nut itself is grossly overrated. They taste like Cashews, but Cashews are cheaper.
 

ManaByte

Gold Member
I Dont Arrested Development GIF
 

kamkamkam

Member
Almond > peanut > hazelnut > pistachio > cashew > pecan/macadamia/walnut >>>> chesnut.

Who the fuck is filbert?
 

Pejo

Gold Member
Pistachio are the best in my opinion. I really like pecans in a nut medley, but I find myself getting sick of them in large amounts. They're best when you find them hidden under a chaff mix of peanuts and cashews (aka plebian nuts). Pistachios I can just munch on nearly anytime without any sort of companion nut.
 
I'd say that walnuts are the ugliest nut, looking like a severe case of "cold water scrotum" and all.

Plain nuts: macadamia

Flavoured nuts: peanuts rule god like above all others.
 

MaestroMike

Gold Member
some of those aren't really nuts OP they're seeds of drupes. hazelnuts are true nuts so I pick that I eat a decent amount of hazelnuts. now if we're allowing seeds then flax/chia seeds are essential, but must be combined with either almonds or walnuts/hazelnuts to create a proper omega 3 to omega 6 ratio. imo can't have one without the other
 

Meicyn

Member
If eaten straight up, pistachios. Otherwise it’s regular peanuts. Reese’s, peanut butter cookies, pad thai, a thanksgiving turkey fried in peanut oil... peanut versatility reigns supreme.
 

lachesis

Member
My grandmother, used to "steam" the whole peanut (w/ shell) and give us literally a big basket full of them whenever we visited her in the countryside. (Asia)
I have very fond memories of eating those.

But in general, I like pretty much any nuts. I like pine nuts too - but they are quite expensive.
 
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Dark Star

Member
Peanut is the most basic choice, but it’s pretty darn good. Pb and j sandwiches, peanut oil for cooking and frying, peanut butter and chocolate, etc.

I eat a handful of nuts every morning and sometimes as an evening snack, I’ll easily pick walnuts, almonds, pistachios, cashews. Pecans are god tier in pie. Macadamia cookies are amazing.

Hazelnut only reminds me of coffee, and chestnuts only remind me of Christmas. No idea what Brazil and filbert is.
 
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Almond > peanut > hazelnut > pistachio > cashew > pecan/macadamia/walnut >>>> chesnut.

Who the fuck is filbert?

Peanut is the most basic choice, but it’s pretty darn good. Pb and j sandwiches, peanut oil for cooking and frying, peanut butter and chocolate, etc.

I eat a handful of nuts every morning and sometimes as an evening snack, I’ll easily pick walnuts, almonds, pistachios, cashews. Pecans are god tier in pie. Macadamia cookies are amazing.

Hazelnut only reminds me of coffee, and chestnuts only remind me of Christmas. No idea what Brazil and filbert is.
Filbert is another name for hazelnut as far as I know.
 

NeoIkaruGAF

Gold Member
Damn, expected a DeepEnigma thread with a pic of a 2-foot large walnut.

I am crazy for fresh peanuts, but there’s really no type of nut I don’t like. Too bad most of them aren’t kind to my guts. Pistachios are the ones I tolerate the most, and they’re delicious.
 
How many threads like this do we need?

 

eot

Banned
Walnuts and pistachios for me, but shout out to hazel nuts for how well they go with chocolate and almonds for things like marzipan.

Peanuts and cashews are shit tier, you get them for free and don't eat them.
 
Walnuts and pistachios for me, but shout out to hazel nuts for how well they go with chocolate and almonds for things like marzipan.

Peanuts and cashews are shit tier, you get them for free and don't eat them.
"Its good as long as its with something else".

Sorry, us cashew and peanuts lovers love to actully eat our nuts raw
 

Boss Mog

Member
I like them all and couldn't really pick a favorite but I gotta point out that technically peanuts and Brazil nuts aren't nuts, they're legumes.
 

T8SC

Gold Member
Difficult.... Peanut, Cashew or Pistachio ...

Peanuts need salted to be nice... the other two dont. I went for Cashew based on the lack of mess they create when eating.
 

jufonuk

not tag worthy
How many threads like this do we need?

Kylo Ren GIF by swerk
 

Soodanim

Gold Member
I didn't think I'd ever vote the peanut as the greatest nut, but it's a versatile little bastard and I can't take that away from it.
 

Goro Majima

Kitty Genovese Member
I typically hate nuts because they usually ruin every dessert they've ever been put into.

The exceptions are almonds, hazelnuts, and peanuts. The latter of which isn't even a nut which justifies my hate more.

Walnuts are so miserably bitter to me that they all need to be destroyed and never put into another brownie again.
 

DragoonKain

Neighbours from Hell
Can't eat them anymore, but peanut was always mine. Those and pistachio are the only ones I've ever liked. The taste of every other I've tried just... not a fan.
 
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