Look Smart Trivia: Nuts
5You know what’s nuts? The way nuts look when they’re still on the tree. Be the first to ID these five pre-harvest, pre-drying nuts and you’ll score a $5 Meh coupon. Pedants beware: I’m using “nuts” in its culinary sense, which may admit the odd drupe or seed. Insert signoff catchphrase here!
@cinoclav is either a great video detective, or spent the entire Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations on a couch. Either conclusion is borne out by their performance in our TV Miniseries of the 70s & 80s video quiz yesterday, correctly naming these multi-hour gems of TV gone by:
- The Winds of War
- Centennial
- The Moneychangers
- Amerika
- Bare Essence
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@ThomasF deez
@JasonToon Thank you, I’m a great video detective. At first I thought, ‘dammit - why didn’t I get the one I could just do a Google image search for,’ but I’m actually quite pleased with having figured out those videos. The only one I found almost immediately was Centennial due to the celebs shown.
@jmoor783 Pretty sure that’s the winner. Kola is the only nut it really resembles.
@cinoclav @jmoor783 How about un-kola nuts?
@slipperyp A recent viewing of this movie may or may not have inspired this quiz.
not a single ‘deez nuts’ comment in this thread.
meh is becoming far too civilized for me.
@carl669 Look up?
https://meh.com/forum/topics/look-smart-trivia-nuts#5cbf3869151cf40b002a23d8
@cinoclav well… fuck.
@carl669 @cinoclav Also, you aren’t wrong. I felt like I was being too rude when I posted “This guy fucks” in the ‘CVS Receipts’ thread. And furthermore, my comment didn’t appear in my profile, for some reason. And, in conclusion, Fuck.
@gregormehndel hmm… interesting conclusion. do you have anything to back that up? perhaps some fucking data?
@carl669 “Fucking Data?” First, who’s got time for data? I’m replying on a Saturday to something you said on a Wednesday. Second, “fucking data?” Is that some kind of fetish? A friend wants to know if I might like it.
And third, and in conclusion, Fucked.
@Kevin
Who knew it took an entire, giant fruit for one lonely cashew nut. That may be the epitome of inefficiency.
@ruouttaurmind From what I understand, that’s the seed at the bottom of the fruit. It’s sort of soft so needs to be roasted before you eat it. That’s why you’ll never see raw cashews but you will see other nuts sold raw.
@cengland0 They (cashews) are related to poison ivy and poison sumac. Eating a raw nut would be akin to sucking on a poison ivy leaf. Something about roasting, steaming, or boiling the nut neutralizes or eliminates whatever the chemical is that’s poisonous.
@cengland0 @ruouttaurmind …and one of the all time miracles in history is, how’d they figure that out?
I mean, somebody had to nibble one in the flesh. OMG Ouch!
Then someone had to peel it and then try to nibble it. OMG Ouch!
Then someone had to think, maybe if I roast this thing and lightly salt it???
I mean, it’s a testament to human perseverance. And stupidity.
(But I’m glad they did; I love me some cashews!)
@cengland0 @ruouttaurmind @simssj
Might you be interested in some Kopi Lewak?
@cengland0 @mike808 @ruouttaurmind Hard pass! (Again… Perseverance? Or Stupidity?
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@mike808 isn’t that the rat crap coffee?
1 Hazel nut
2 Black Walnut
3 Cocoa Nut
4 CAshew
5 Almond