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Not nuts to me! To me they're legumes.
Nuts are indehiscent and legumes are dehiscent. If you can reconcile that there's more differences we could talk about. (Wouldn't want to be accused of giving TMI)
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Dear AnnaStrophic,
Look into my eyes
Others have known for a long time
What I have only known for the briefest of time
That you have a most beautiful mind.
Milum
PS: the Others who are not are belMarduk. I am mad at him.
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Faldage, trust you to think that nuts are indecent...  Is there really such a thing as chopped liver? I have heard of paté, but never heard anyone say, "What am I, paté?" And when I looked up peanut, I learned a new word--thank you.
peanut, low plant (Arachis hypogaea) of the pulse family, and its protein-rich, edible seeds. Native to South America, it is now widely cultivated. The seeds (peanuts) are eaten fresh or roasted and used in cooking and confection. They are ground to make peanut butter and yield an oil used for margarine, cooking oil, soap manufacture, and industrial purposes. The peanut plant is unusual for its geocarpy: when the pod begins to form, it is pushed into the ground by elongation of the stalk and matures underground.
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RE: Is there really such a thing as chopped liver?
Oh yes. chopped chicken livers are wonderfu. the gently poached livers are chopped, so that they still have some texture. hard boiled eggs are added.. chicken fat, and spices.. the result, an ambroisa. Some deli's have good chopped chicken liver, but appetizing shops.. similar to deli's but not quite the same, are good sourses. Manhattans lower east side, or parts of flushing, (queens) or brooklyn-- where i am less familiar with the neighborhoods, every borough has at least one nieghborhood, that has the best appetizing shop, that has the best chopped chicken liver..
chopped liver is one of those dishes, that sounds like nothing.. it is the simplest of food, but when done right, it is fit for a king.
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RE: Is there really such a thing as chopped liver?
Oh yes. chopped chicken livers are wonderfu. the gently poached livers are chopped, so that they still have some texture. hard boiled eggs are added.. chicken fat, and spices.. the result, an ambrosia. Some deli's have good chopped chicken liver, but appetizing shops.. similar to deli's but not quite the same, are good sourses. Manhattans lower east side, or parts of flushing, (queens) or brooklyn-- where i am less familiar with the neighborhoods, every borough has at least one nieghborhood, that has the best appetizing shop, that has the best chopped chicken liver..
chopped liver is one of those dishes, that sounds like nothing.. it is the simplest of food, but when done right, it is fit for a king.
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Not chopped liver.
Yeah, the seed pods, unlike those of peas, beans and other legumes, go back in the ground. That's why *some people mistakenly believe peanuts to be related to the potato and other nuts.
And who said anything about indecent?
Indehiscent; that means they smell like hissy turkeys.
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Other nuts? are there other nuts that grow back into the ground?
i know some mangrove trees have trendrels that drop from branches and form new roots.. so the tree not only has a main trunk, but many small, trunk like appendages..each one forms it own root system. it's a very effective for a tree that grows in costal waters, and can be subject to storm damage. but it doesn't send seed pods underground.
aside from the peanut plant, and mangrove, i don't know of any other plant that have this geocarpy habit.
nor do i know of any true nuts that grow underground. i think the peanut is mistaken for a nut, because of its oilyness, and its firm crunchy texture. Legumes are not general thought of as an oil source (green pea oil any one?) but nuts are (walnut oil, almond oil) and some legumes are amost toxic eaten in a dry state.
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other nuts that grow back into the ground?
Other than what?
green pea oil any one?
How bout soybean oil?
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Banyan trees also go in for this geocarpy if I've understood it aright.
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Chopped liver is fabulous, especially when eaten with onions fried (caramelized) in butter. But as usual, what is great to taste is bad to waist.
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Um Milum, I am not a he but a she. And why exactly are you mad at me?
Because I included you in some fun we were having with puns and inuendo
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Because I immediately apologized if I inadvertently made you feel bad after Jackie said you might not have understood my joking.
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