Christmas Nuts! why do Brazils and Almonds have no flavour any more?

[Chagall]

as title really... every year at Christmas I love a bowl of nuts in shells and all the fun of nutcrackers and every year Im disappointed...dry tasteless things, like chewing bird cage grit.

 

has anybody found consistently tasty nuts?

[Bobbybass]

As far as 'taste' goes...it's the same reason that mints don't taste so minty any more..and curries don't seem so hot.

As you get older...you loose a lot of your sense of taste...so I was told by my doctor uncle....

 

That doesn't make your nuts dry up though...

[John V]

As far as 'taste' goes...it's the same reason that mints don't taste so minty any more..and curries don't seem so hot.

As you get older...you loose a lot of your sense of taste...so I was told by my doctor uncle....

 

That doesn't make your nuts dry up though...

 

eventually

[bigste]

I don't know the answer but bear this in mind. In Spain in my garden almonds are ready in December. They may be ready earlier elsewhere. It could be you are getting last years nuts. P.S. My nuts are past their best. LOL

Edited October 23, 2014 by bigste

[Machpoint005]

A local greengrocer told the Memsahib last year that he wasn't selling some types of nut, because they we harvested the previous year and were not up to scratch.

 

So there you have it.

[John V]

I suppose it's a bit like chestnuts....the only ones that are really tasty are the ones you collect yourself!!!

[Machpoint005]

The only chestnuts that are really funny are those you come out with yourself!

(That wasn't intended as a personal slight!)

[John V]

HMMMMMFFFFF!!!

[Stilllearning]

On the subject of chestnuts, which grow around us here in vast numbers: they are easy to pick up, bring home and roast then eat, and very tasty, but how does one peel boiled chestnuts? Removing the outer husk after boiling is easy, but the remaining soft skin that adheres to the fruit is incredibly hard to get off.

Walnuts are ripe here now and very good to eat, so should, I would have thought, be tasty in the shops now too in the UK.

[patty-ann]

Best walnuts I tasted was UK ones that grew on my dads tree. I climbed it the year we sold up and shook all the branches...they were so yummy. I was really annoyed that a carrier bag full I gave to sister she ditched. It were hard work climbing tree at 54.

[cotswoldsman]

as title really... every year at Christmas I love a bowl of nuts in shells and all the fun of nutcrackers and every year Im disappointed...dry tasteless things, like chewing bird cage grit.

 

has anybody found consistently tasty nuts?

The first thing you should ensure is that they are this year's crop. In the case of Walnuts and Brasil Nuts I have seen them stored in warehouses from one year to the next before going out to shops

[Bobbybass]

 

It were hard work climbing tree at 54.

 

Is that because you live at 63...?

Edited October 23, 2014 by Bobbybass

[Chagall]

Yep... I think my nuts are very old nuts! The packets only give date of expiry and not when they were picked. If anybody sees new nuts sold anywhere please let me know... Thanks

Edited October 23, 2014 by Chagall

[cotswoldsman]

Yep... I think my nuts are very old nuts! The packets only give date of expiry and not when they were picked. If anybody sees new nuts sold anywhere please let me know... Thanks

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