i keep all my nuts in the freezer, hazelnuts, almonds, pecans and walnuts are a staple in my house (freezer)

i tend to by my brazil nuts in shell, (usually cheaper, and they stay fresher in the shell.) and frozen brazil nuts are reasonable easy to shell, unlike room temp ones -- which defy all nutcrackers known to man!

Anna, what do they call brazil nuts in brazil? i understand the entire crop is collected from wild trees, there are no brazil nut orchards in all of brazil!

(orchard is an other interesting word, for those of you who want to look it up...and side track us!)


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