We only had brazil nuts in the shell growing up when they were mixed in with a bag of mixed nuts. No one wanted them. Our local meijers has these. They were good. Did not go rancid in the fridge. Naturally a little bitter but not bad.
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When I was growing up, our Christmas stockings always had oranges and Brazil nuts and another nut whose name I can’t recall…my friends always had candy and toys and I was always disappointed with mine because of it. (Of course, I never complained, because we just were not raised that way).
Fast forward many years and I learned the many years of tradition that my mother followed when filling our stockings. I loved her even more when I realized this. It was just something she never explained to us, wish I had known sooner.
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