Raquel, I'd try cashews becuase they have that same full blown oil and meaty flavor in a nut.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - May 19, 2005 4:14:31 am PDT #5445 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nora Deirdre - May 19, 2005 4:16:36 am PDT #5446 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
also, they are cashews and THEY RAWK!
Scrappy - May 19, 2005 4:32:58 am PDT #5447 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Go cashews, choose cashews!
sarameg - May 19, 2005 4:34:58 am PDT #5448 of 10001
I'd advise the same as Kat, though I'd want to add something with a little bite too. Of course, I'm thinking juniper berries, which probably just...no. I think it is the whole thing you get from trees and ridiculously difficult to eat factor at work.
And it seems really funny that finding pine nuts is hard there.
You know, growing up I never ate pinons because they were so much work and the shells make my teeth cringe and whimper. And when I discovered( in the last 7 years) that those pine nuts that are extremely expensive that I'd like to eat by the handful are in fact pinons? slaps forehead.
I just got a reprieve from something I was dreading. But it just puts it off till later. I kinda hate that. I'd worked through all the dread and had settled on resignation. And now I gotta do it again later?!
Volans - May 19, 2005 4:49:38 am PDT #5449 of 10001
move out and draw fire
You know, growing up I never ate pinons because they were so much work and the shells make my teeth cringe and whimper. And when I discovered( in the last 7 years) that those pine nuts that are extremely expensive that I'd like to eat by the handful are in fact pinons? slaps forehead.
This is me exactly.
OK, I just walked up to the market and got slivered almonds, which were the same price as regular almonds, and I got cashew pieces. Not as pretty as whole cashews, but still, cashews!
It's weird, the things that are cheap/expensive here. Cheese is really expensive, even local cheese (except feta). Capers and nuts of all kinds are really cheap. Skinless boneless chicken breast is the same price as chicken thighs. Honey is worth its weight in gold.
Anyway, the sauce smells really good, and I think the cashews will go well, although I'm going to use less than the amount of pine nuts called for.
(edited to remove the WRONGBAD apostrophe in its )
Topic!Cindy - May 19, 2005 4:52:51 am PDT #5450 of 10001
What is even happening?
Is pinon a Spanish word? I've only ever called them pignoli, although I knew pignoli = pine nuts.
sarameg - May 19, 2005 4:54:54 am PDT #5451 of 10001
Yep, pinon is spanish. The middle n is actually an enye, but I never remember html entities.
Nutty - May 19, 2005 4:55:42 am PDT #5452 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think pinon and pignoli are cognates. Like Renaissance and Renacimiento.
Which could segue into a whole thing about ESPN Deportes, and how mixed-American Spanish adopts the funniest English words in the service of fast recaps, but I'll desist.
amych - May 19, 2005 4:56:13 am PDT #5453 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I never remember html entities.
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sarameg - May 19, 2005 4:58:43 am PDT #5454 of 10001
mixed-American Spanish adopts the funniest English words in the service of fast recaps
Spanglish was the most commonly spoken language where I grew up. It doesn't even make me blink.