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For too long peanuts have masqueraded as America's favorite nut.
For too long, almonds have snuck into the mixed nuts bag at your
grocery.
We've been foolishly snacking on 'nuts' that are definitely not
nuts, and it's time to set the record straight.
Here are the five most common impostors:
Peanuts
Most edible nuts, like pecans or hazelnuts, grow on trees. But
peanuts grow in pods that mature underground
and are classified as a legume, like lentils and peas.
Cashews
Technically, nuts
are a type of fruit. Fruits develop from a plant's ovary, and as
the ovary matures it forms a wall around the fruit. For common
fruits like apples and peaches, the ovary wall is the fleshy
outer skin while for nuts the ovary wall is the hard, outer
shell.
Cashews, on the other hand, are a seed of the cashew apple, shown
here. The cashew seed is the c-shaped, greyish object at the
bottom of the fruit.
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Walnuts
Walnuts are another seed masquerading as a nut. Their shells
mature and harden inside of a fibrous, green husk, but it's
common to extract the walnut prematurely for the English delicacy
pickled
walnuts.
Pistachios
The desert plant called the pistachio tree is a
member of the cashew family, and as we've mentioned before:
cashews are not a nut. The food that we think of as a pistachio
nut, is actually the seed of the pistachio tree, shown here.
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Almonds
Almonds are the seed of the almond tree, which is
native to the Middle East and South Asia and is famous for its
gorgeous blossoms. In 1890, post-impressionist painter Vincent
van Gogh dedicated an entire
painting to the almond tree's beauty.
Makes you think twice about that container of mixed nuts.
Just because most commercially marketed 'nuts' are not actually
nuts doesn't mean they taste any less delicious!
So, next time you're snacking on some Planters - or your favorite
brand - be sure to enjoy the seeds and legumes as well.
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