In a message dated 1/20/2005 9:55:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, mark_englehart at cox.net writes: >Hi all, >Here is an image of hazelnuts http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hazelnuts.com.au/hazelnut26. gif&imgrefurl=http://www.hazelnuts.com.au/who%2520are.htm&h=268&w=230&sz=38&tb nid=1nUzIgIJUoAJ:&tbnh=107&tbnw=92&start=51&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhazelnut%26star t%3D40%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN >Having cracked more than a few filberts myself I can vouch for the reddish >color of the shell, which is what a common name, like rednut, would most >likely be based on. >My search for a picture also immediately brought up this recipe for >Hungarian Flourless Hazelnut cake. http://cake.allrecipes.com/AZ/HungarianFlourlessHazelnut.asp >Also, hazelnut wood is classified as a hard wood, suitable for floors, >furniture, staffs or even the shell of a drum. :) >Mark Hi, I think the above email just came to me and I sent it on because it was addressed Hi all. Thanks everyone for the info. Hmmm...drum....Ailbynn...nope his drum was made out of the shell of the sweetclam. Rednut shells were used to season the fire. Hey, rednuts have shells. Auggh! Just like hazelnuts, almonds, chestnuts, macadamia nuts and walnuts and probably every other kind of nut. Book of Taltos, Phoenix, Lesson 3, page 215 Hazelnuts/almonds/chestnuts/macadamia nuts/walnuts Hazelnut/almond/chestnut/macadamia/walnut flour (walnut flour may actually be walnut meal) Hazelnut/almond/chestnut/macadamia/walnut liqueur Hazelnut/almond/chestnut/macadamia/walnut wood Hazelnuts/almonds/chestnut/macadamia nuts/walnuts have an outer shell. Do you think hazelnuts might even look more reddish under an orange-red overcast. "Hazelnuts come from trees. They are almost round in shape, with a hard brownish-red outer husk and an inner kernel" http://www.baking911.com/pantry_nuts&seeds2.htm macadamia nuts - "tropical environment required to grow them" - like a jungle planet http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa050602a.htm Chestnuts outer shell might also be considered reddish. One website warned not to eat chestnuts raw. Dragaerans might be able to eat chestnuts raw, but Vlad should get sick if he does. http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa120400b.htm Hungary 2003 Production estimate: Chestnuts 800 Metric tons Hazelnuts 300 Metric tons http://www.fao.org/es/ess/top/commodity.jsp?commodity=220&lang=EN&year=2004 I've ordered some hazelnut flour and will make some wheat/hazelnut bread without the red food coloring. The hazelnut flour looks brown and white because of the hazelnut skin. I am wondering what it will look like cooked in bread. Bye. Linda G.