No, they are Fruit-Rollups
Cashews most definitely have a shell. Haven't you ever seen a cashew fruit?
The fruit has a strange acerbic taste (like starfruit), but tastes great after it is fully ripened with some salt and chili powder.
No food was forbidden in our house and I was never tricked into eating something "healthy" instead of what I wanted. We had plenty of fruits and veggies but the only cooking my mother was even half decent at was desserts so we had a lot of excellent desserts. She also liked chocolate candy so there was always plenty around.Fruit Roll Ups are not fruit. They are candy. My kids aren't allowed to have them or the so called 'fruit snacks'. They can have real fruit instead.
I can't find any reason for this. They are originally from Australia and in fact are the country's only high-profit export crop. A tree can bear fruit for a hundred years. They require moderate temperatures and about 40 inches of annual rain, and have been cultivated in many places including Hawaii, California, Israel, Kenya, South Africa and Brazil. They're rather tricky to crack open but I'm sure industrial processes have solved that. They're the staple food of the gigantic Hyacinthine Macaw in domesticity, one of the few birds with a strong enough beak to crack them.what about macadamia nuts? Why are those so expensive? Are they rare or just difficult to harvest?
what about macadamia nuts? Why are those so expensive? Are they rare or just difficult to harvest?
... I don't remember ever hearing her remark that they're exceptionally expensive. Have you shopped around? She usually buys her nuts raw at Trader Joe's.
The nuts are a more healthy protien source. Their oils are good for your heart etc. too. Although humans do have some inate tastes, most are acquired. I think the nuts taste better than steak, which I seldom eat, even though it is cheaper here in Brazil (world's largest cattle herd.)Macadamia nuts are about $8.99 a lb. I'd rather buy a nice steak at those costs.
what is the difference?
My husband eats alot of peanuts (which I know aren't really nuts) and sunflower seeds. I like cashew, pistashio, and macadamia nuts. But are these nuts or seeds?
But nuts are an incomplete protein source: they don't match the amino acid profile required for human nutrition. The only food that matches that profile is meat and other animal products such as eggs and milk. It is possible to live on a vegan diet but one must meticulously balance the nuts (or legumes which have a similar but not identical amino acid profile) with grains, which provide the missing amino acids. This is not terribly difficult but it does require paying attention.The nuts are a more healthy protien source.
Humans are the only primates who evolved into true hunters, and we therefore have an instinctive taste for meat. To deny this instinct is presumably no harder on our spirit than denying any other primitive instinct, such as having promiscuous sex or killing off rival tribes, but these denials and their impact must be acknowledged for good emotional health.Their oils are good for your heart etc. too. Although humans do have some innate tastes, most are acquired.
Meat is a healthy source of nutrition for Homo sapiens, who alone among primates, as I already pointed out, is specifically adapted for it. It's instructive to note that the life expectancy of an adult who had managed to survive the illnesses of childhood was around 50 in the Mesolithic Era when our ancestors were hunter-gatherers and ate a lot of meat. In the Roman Era, when humanity had shifted to a grain-intensive diet, that life expectancy had plummeted into the low 20s. I've been eating beef copiously throughout my life and my cholesterol level is still okay. It's the trans-fatty acids, most of which are artificial, that are so bad for ya. If you don't eat too much meat so your body starts storing fat, you'll probably be fine with it.LOL, who eats steak for the health of it?
Many common seeds can be eaten raw and were a staple of the Mesolithic diet. They fall into the same nutritional category as nuts, a source of (incomplete) amino acids as well as certain vitamins and minerals.I think people who eat seeds are nuts.
I just can't stand the ordeal of cracking seeds, and only eat the ones that have been factory-processed. And of course those are too expensive to eat on a budget. We buy pumpkins at giveaway prices the day after Halloween, cook and freeze the contents, and use them in dog food, parrot food and pastry all year long. The seeds go to the parrots but it's not their favorite food. I suppose we should try putting them in the outdoor feeders and see if the grosbeaks like them, they're tiny flying pigs who will eat almost anything.LOL, I take it you don't save and dry your pumpkin seeds at Halloween?
LOL, I take it you don't save and dry your pumpkin seeds at Halloween?
Humans are the only primates who evolved into true hunters, and we therefore have an instinctive taste for meat. To deny this instinct is presumably no harder on our spirit than denying any other primitive instinct, such as having promiscuous sex or killing off rival tribes, but these denials and their impact must be acknowledged for good emotional health.
But nuts are an incomplete protein source: they don't match the amino acid profile required for human nutrition. The only food that matches that profile is meat and other animal products such as eggs and milk. It is possible to live on a vegan diet but one must meticulously balance the nuts (or legumes which have a similar but not identical amino acid profile) with grains, which provide the missing amino acids. This is not terribly difficult but it does require paying attention.Humans are the only primates who evolved into true hunters, and we therefore have an instinctive taste for meat. To deny this instinct is presumably no harder on our spirit than denying any other primitive instinct, such as having promiscuous sex or killing off rival tribes, but these denials and their impact must be acknowledged for good emotional health.Meat is a healthy source of nutrition for Homo sapiens, who alone among primates, as I already pointed out, is specifically adapted for it. It's instructive to note that the life expectancy of an adult who had managed to survive the illnesses of childhood was around 50 in the Mesolithic Era when our ancestors were hunter-gatherers and ate a lot of meat. In the Roman Era, when humanity had shifted to a grain-intensive diet, that life expectancy had plummeted into the low 20s. I've been eating beef copiously throughout my life and my cholesterol level is still okay. It's the trans-fatty acids, most of which are artificial, that are so bad for ya. If you don't eat too much meat so your body starts storing fat, you'll probably be fine with it.Many common seeds can be eaten raw and were a staple of the Mesolithic diet. They fall into the same nutritional category as nuts, a source of (incomplete) amino acids as well as certain vitamins and minerals.I just can't stand the ordeal of cracking seeds, and only eat the ones that have been factory-processed. And of course those are too expensive to eat on a budget. We buy pumpkins at giveaway prices the day after Halloween, cook and freeze the contents, and use them in dog food, parrot food and pastry all year long. The seeds go to the parrots but it's not their favorite food. I suppose we should try putting them in the outdoor feeders and see if the grosbeaks like them, they're tiny flying pigs who will eat almost anything.
We feed or dicky birds on peanuts, with some fat added in winter.I shall have to look up grosbeak. Ours are mainly tits and finches. We also have a resident robin.plus nesting blackbirds and thrushes/