date:Oct 18, 2012
be consumed raw, toasted, roasted or fried. Many are boiled, blanched, blistered and baked. Nuts are even ground into fine flours to enhance desserts or to completely replace wheat flour to produce gluten-free baked goods. Nuts can be pressed for valuable oils for cooking or for adding delicate flavors to dressings.
Throughout history, people consumed peanuts (not actually a nut, but a legume, or groundnut) boiled or roasted. But when an unknown inventor found a way to salt them in their shell