I’m also big on walnuts, though they’re part of the problem too. Hazelnuts are a “take 'em or leave 'em” nut for me.
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And way more expensive.
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Add me to the pecan list!!
Especially pecan pie!!
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Almost everything we consume, whether in excess or not, is a problem. As I mentioned further upthread, we are but a pest on planet earth.
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I’m a sucker for pistachio ice cream. When on holiday in Spain, I have trained myself to show a modicum of restraint - only ordering a one scoop tub. Well, maybe two scoops some nights.
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It’s my favorite ice cream flavor and something my sweets and I have in common 
I’ll stick to the chocolate almond ice cream from the local dairy (after all, it sticks with me)
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California mass produced almonds are not only water sponges but not that good, which made giving them up easy. I’m going to sound old but American almonds aren’t as I remember them when younger. They use to have more flavor, deeper. Now they’re on the bland side. I think it’s like dry farmed tomatoes which have deeper flavor because they’re not water logged, grow slower. As I understand it, almonds in Turkey and that region of the world don’t get the same water like in California, stay on the tree longer, and they taste different, denser, more flavor.
Regarding water use in California, it’s a big cluster f*** out here. Until recently, water use by farmers was not metered or measured, or charged for using ground water. So what do the farmers do…steal water.
Personally I think there’s enough water, if it’s managed properly and real conservation efforts (and laws) are made to use water wisely. Also, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to invest in caputuring rain water run off, before it goes into the ocean, and put it back into the ground. LA county captured almost a 100 billion gallons of rainwater turn off, so it can be done.
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That stuff is decadent. I like just about every nut. When I make baklava, I mix several kinds in.
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Well, I won’t be giving up my Bakewell tart, (no matter what she says).
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Has she tried the other plant based milks? I have mild lactose intolerance, so I can still use dairy without issue on most times, but I just can’t use a lot of it at once. I’ve tried the other alternative milks just for the heck of it, and because I miss having a bowl of cereal sometimes. I’ve moved on to oat milk, and I can’t say I notice much difference. I always use the unsweetened and unflavored versions though, and for oat milk I opt for the extra creamy version.
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I’ve had oat milk in a cappuccino, and it was pleasantly inoffensive… like me 
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I’ll have to ask her about oat milk next time I see her. She started down the non-cow road when her daughter developed lactose sensitivity.
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I grew up in an area of California that grew almonds (now replaced with grapes). We lived just down the road from an orchard and were friends of the family that managed it. We used to help with the harvest and were rewarded with bags of almonds. I don’t care if I never eat another almond.
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I hope the planet will survive us. That’s what I worry about. Humanity has caused so much destruction.
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No doubt it will. Along with the cockroaches and many other insects and species more adaptable to the shit show we’re leaving behind.
My mom has two orange trees in the backyard that have been there or 50 years. I kind of feel the same about oranges. The ones that drop on the ground can be very sweet but I never buy oranges, rarely eat them.
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Oat milks is suppose to be the most sustainable plant based milk.
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But the message is not getting through. The route we travel to go to the country takes us through the Delta which has frequently had a record of growing water-consumptive crops. Alfalfa, sod (to be replanted as lawns), corn. While a few vineyards have popped up, hundreds of acres of new almond trees have been planted in the last several years. I rail against almond milk, but realize that our huge industrial/commercial dairy farms are just as horrific to the environment. Much of our way of life is not sustainable.
(I remember driving through what is now Silicon Valley, then home to mile after mile of stone fruit orchards. My father used to preach that in my lifetime a half a dried apricot would cost $.25! Of course all of these orchards are gone now and one might one day soon line up for a bargain like that.
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Almonds are the only nutzs that don’t make my nose, of all places, break out in zits. 
Walnuts and cashews are the worst offenders for me.
