Nuts & Dried Fruits

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Norma Rosa

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Nuts (nueces)
1. cashew (anacardo/mara??n/semilla de cajuil in the DR)

2. peanut (cacahuate/ man?)

3. walnut (nuez)

4. hazelnut (avellana)

5. almond (almendra)

6. chestnut (casta?a)

Dried Fruits (frutas secas)
1. fig (higo)
2. prune (ciruela pasa)
3. date (d?til)
4. raisin (pasa)
 
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yeah, one is really big, green and round high up in the tree and the other is small, has a brown skin that you peel back to eat after it has been boiled with salt.... the second is a chestnut then?
 
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nsalinger said:
yeah, one is really big, green and round high up in the tree and the other is small, has a brown skin that you peel back to eat after it has been boiled with salt.... the second is a chestnut then?
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Yes, the small brown-skinned ones are what we call chestnuts in the US. The big green ones, rough skin, are breadfruit [I think!]
 
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