Macadamia Nuts!

[erastes]

OMG - where have they been all my life? Someone went to Oz and brought back a bag and they are heavenly. Perhaps because they are fresh or something?  I could LIVE on them. My mother was a nut fiend, and I weep that she never tried these.

Frost Fair: Things I learned I did not know:

1 How to spell rhinoscerous (of courserous!)
2 How to find a decent map of the Strand area in 1814
3 That Brooks' club was founded by Macaronis.(gleeful)

1080 words today. Very pleased and I has passed 6k.

Comments

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Rhinocerous is spelled without the "S" in teh US.

Macadamia nuts are yum, but if you eat a lot of them do not travel far from the loo.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

But not like that in Canada, hey? Rhinoceros!!

I think I'm... discovering that....

Ooops!

[adventurat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no first "s" in Canada either, sorry. :)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone gets I was being silly!

:)

[adventurat.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

I did wonder, because I recognize the lyric (Yay Dr. Doolittle!), but then there was the comment before mine, and my English husband wasn't here for me to fact-check with, and...

*facepalm*

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

I couldn't see the Sears & Roebuck brain strapped to your head, sorry... and I'm still adjusting to writing checQUes and going to shopping centREs, so I'm about ready to believe anything about British spellation.

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

LOL! I second your glee :)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I squeed (like a LADY) at work when I found out.

That's such a good Novel Title: "27 Macaronis."

[sinick.livejournal.com]

Macadamias (aka Queensland Nuts! :D) are THE BEST THING EVER.

Pure bliss, whether roasted or straight out of the shells (which are round, about the size of chestnuts and as hard as rocks. They need a bench vise or a hammer to crack, but well worth the effort.)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

these were already shelled and I swear if they'd been mine I'd have scoffed the LOT.

[iulia_linnea.livejournal.com]

I love macadamia nuts, especially turned into butter! All you have to do is throw them in the food processor and process them until they're smooth (I sometimes add a tiny bit of honey to the butter for flavor). Spread over skinny crisp bread, it makes a really good breakfast. /unsolicited recipe

[erastes.livejournal.com]

say waht? food processor? you are talking to the House of the Frozen dinner, here!!!

[iulia_linnea.livejournal.com]

Happily, macadamia nut butter can be found in stores. :) It's just more expensive than I think it should be, so I like to make my own (after buying the nuts in bulk, of course, because they don't come cheap).

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Not here, I'm quite sure of that!!

[leni-jess.livejournal.com]

Macadamias are also pleasant substitutes for other nuts in recipes - but you can bet many times more expensive, in the UK! You can rough-grind them instead of cashews into a roasted red pepper dip, or coat a nice fish fillet with them and grill/panfry. Just enjoy eating them straight, I guess.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

And another one with the cooking!! What is this cooking of which you speak? :D

[aunty_marion]

Macadamias were recommended for a snack back when I tried the Atkins diet. So I dutifully went out (to Holland & Barrett, I think) and bought a bag, and absolutely HATED them. No flavour at all to speak of! Maybe I just got a bad batch?

My favourite nuts are the honey-roast cashews. Alas.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

mmmm honey roast anything..

As I say, I think these must have been really really fresh, they were utterly wonderful.

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

Good stuff!!!! 1080 words is excellent. Some days I struggle to make a few pages, then other days I'm racing to keep up with it...it's odd how that works...

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Me too. I'm thinking that perhaps having an outline is actually helping (who knew?!!!!) as this is the first time I've worked like this (knowing what was going to happen)

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

You have never had Macadamia nuts before? I love them in clusters in chocolate:) A local candy company makes chocolate Easter eggs with Macadamia nuts in them.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I know! Sheltered life!

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

My mother made delicious cookies with macadamia nuts and white chocolate chunks not terribly long ago. Mmm.

Out of curiosity, where did you find a decent map of the Strand area in 1814? I'm looking for Mayfair c. 1815-6.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Oh I adore white chocolate, best of all.

I haven't yet. *growls*

But there's a great list of maps and resources here..

http://www.candicehern.com/resources.htm

[volterra.livejournal.com]

Hey I love you're researching my time period. All this stuff may come in handy for me one day if I ever leave the countryside settings...

Fresh white chocolate macadamia nut biscuits?

Oh My God.

Heaven, sheer heaven.

You can also get macs from Hawaii -- where they tend to either have them plain, roasted, or salted with some sort of garlic or spice and oh look I'm going to be late to work again. What a shame.......

[adventurat.livejournal.com]

Oh I love macca nuts! Sadly, the last time I ate them in any quantity, I came out in a rash! So that's Brazils and Maccas that don't love me anymore! *sob*

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*laughs at the appropriate icon*!

[adventurat.livejournal.com]

Appropriate in so many ways... :D And an unexpected use for it!

[markprobst.livejournal.com]

1080 words? Wow, that's high definition! (If you're not a tech-head, I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about.)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Not a tech head, but am often fiddling with my screen size, so i get you!

:)

[jgraeme2007.livejournal.com]

Macadamia nuts -- wonderful! At Christmas time we chop them into cookies with white chocolate. Dear God they are so fricking wonderful.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

That's something I have to do, I make the best soft cookies.

:D

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

You've never had those nuts before??????? They are heaven in a bag of nuts - and in lots of supermarkets although viciously expensive!!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I just never go down the nuts aisle you see, and I'd never try a new nut (specially an expensive one) on the off-chance!