Title: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 23, 2018, 06:07:23 PM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 23, 2018, 06:07:23 PM
It contains Brazil nuts (aka Nigger Toes, but probably best not to call 'em that anymore), and I learned that Brazil nuts are extremely high in Selenium content. In fact, nothing contains more Selenium than Brazil nuts.
While the body seems to need a very small amount of Selenium, eating only six (6) Brazil nuts already puts one over the recommended daily maximum limit for this element, and regular consumption of larger amounts of these nuts can lead to selenium toxicity, so I picked them all out and ate them all at once just to see what happens...
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Frood on July 23, 2018, 06:19:32 PM
Post by: Frood on July 23, 2018, 06:19:32 PM
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Post by: Blazor on July 23, 2018, 07:20:42 PM
Post by: Blazor on July 23, 2018, 07:20:42 PM
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Post by: Berry Sweet on July 23, 2018, 07:42:13 PM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 23, 2018, 07:42:13 PM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2018, 09:09:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2018, 09:09:10 PM
...after buying a big old container of mixed nuts.Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"
It contains Brazil nuts (aka Black Toes, but probably best not to call 'em that anymore), and I learned that Brazil nuts are extremely high in Selenium content. In fact, nothing contains more Selenium than Brazil nuts.
While the body seems to need a very small amount of Selenium, eating only six (6) Brazil nuts already puts one over the recommended daily maximum limit for this element, and regular consumption of larger amounts of these nuts can lead to selenium toxicity, so I picked them all out and ate them all at once just to see what happens...
I used to buy them at Christmas.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 01:36:20 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 01:36:20 AM
I used to buy them at Christmas.Quote from: "Fashionista"
I think my Grandmother did too, but the shelled version for some reason.
Here is another thing I learned: Shelled Brazil nuts can go rancid quite quickly, so it's best to buy them unshelled if you actually want to keep them around for eating at a later date!
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 24, 2018, 01:51:11 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 24, 2018, 01:51:11 AM
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Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 01:51:55 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 01:51:55 AM
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Post by: Berry Sweet on July 24, 2018, 01:56:06 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 24, 2018, 01:56:06 AM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 01:59:20 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 01:59:20 AM
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Post by: Berry Sweet on July 24, 2018, 02:10:37 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 24, 2018, 02:10:37 AM
The most hilarious one was a beer maker....some old white guy was making the beers and this chubby blonde chick was sampling all of them and getting way overly excited...makes ya wonder when the dildo was gonna pop out?
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 03:08:07 AM
Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 03:08:07 AM
...after buying a big old container of mixed nuts.Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"
It contains Brazil nuts (aka Black Toes, but probably best not to call 'em that anymore), and I learned that Brazil nuts are extremely high in Selenium content. In fact, nothing contains more Selenium than Brazil nuts.
While the body seems to need a very small amount of Selenium, eating only six (6) Brazil nuts already puts one over the recommended daily maximum limit for this element, and regular consumption of larger amounts of these nuts can lead to selenium toxicity, so I picked them all out and ate them all at once just to see what happens...
I used to buy them at Christmas.
Our parents did too. They'd buy 5 or 6 different kinds of unshelled nuts and bring out their toy soldier nutcracker dolls or decorative units for us to play with.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 03:09:14 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 03:09:14 AM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 03:21:29 AM
Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 03:21:29 AM
YES! German in there by chance?Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"
Father's side. His grandmother.
He used to drag us kids to the Nutcracker ballet on ice. We hated it, but during intermission people dressed up as Looney Toons characters took to the ice and we loved that.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 03:38:55 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 03:38:55 AM
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Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 03:47:20 AM
Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 03:47:20 AM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 03:49:15 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 24, 2018, 03:49:15 AM
Figured there had to be some German in there for your family to do that...
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 04:27:46 AM
Post by: Frood on July 24, 2018, 04:27:46 AM
The shelled Black Toes and Nutcrackers are really a Germanic thing. From the school of old.Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"
Figured there had to be some German in there for your family to do that...
Funny family history story:
The Bavarian mother of my great grandmother married a local Jewish farmer in his 40's when she was 18, then he died unexpectedly leaving her with young children and a huge weight on her equally young shoulders. So she took her father's advice and married the lead hand. Couple more children came of that and him running off with the profits of the sale of the land.
She was destitute, humiliated, freaked out about how she would be able to feed her kids, and a white knight swooped in. Her first village crush. He didn't go through the formalities of the time. He basically got down on his knee or whatever they did at that time and said 'I've got safe passage for us and all of the kids to Australia. Come with me. I'll never leave you'.
He never did. They were good people.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2018, 11:33:45 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2018, 11:33:45 AM
YES! German in there by chance?Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"
I have no German ancestry and we had toy soldier nutcrackers too..
I still have one.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 12:25:06 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 12:25:06 AM
I have no German ancestry and we had toy soldier nutcrackers too..Quote from: "Fashionista"
I still have one.
That's actually kind of strange, as they were pretty much strictly a German thing, only becoming popular outside of Europe when returning US soldiers brought them back with them after WWII...
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 12:42:41 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 12:42:41 AM
I have no German ancestry and we had toy soldier nutcrackers too..Quote from: "Fashionista"
I still have one.
That's actually kind of strange, as they were pretty much strictly a German thing, only becoming popular outside of Europe when returning US soldiers brought them back with them after WWII...
The war ended in 1946. Fash was born in the '70's, as was I.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 12:43:30 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 12:43:30 AM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 12:47:51 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 12:47:51 AM
I couldn't imagine living a life being surrounded in junk.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 12:55:08 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 12:55:08 AM
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Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:11:11 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:11:11 AM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 01:12:32 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 01:12:32 AM
I was just looking up German stuff...said that black forest cake is German?Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Anything 'Black Forest' is German...
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:13:15 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:13:15 AM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:14:21 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:14:21 AM
I was just looking up German stuff...said that black forest cake is German?Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Anything 'Black Forest' is German...
Huh...ive never read about it in any book about Germans...weird.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 01:16:11 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 25, 2018, 01:16:11 AM
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Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:19:50 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on July 25, 2018, 01:19:50 AM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2018, 08:10:31 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2018, 08:10:31 PM
I was just looking up German stuff...said that black forest cake is German?Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Anything 'Black Forest' is German...
Huh...ive never read about it in any book about Germans...weird.
It's in South West Germany.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2018, 10:35:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2018, 10:35:17 PM
I have no German ancestry and we had toy soldier nutcrackers too..Quote from: "Fashionista"
I still have one.
That's actually kind of strange, as they were pretty much strictly a German thing, only becoming popular outside of Europe when returning US soldiers brought them back with them after WWII...
I've seen them at yard sales.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 09:21:13 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 09:21:13 AM
I have no German ancestry and we had toy soldier nutcrackers too..Quote from: "Fashionista"
I still have one.
That's actually kind of strange, as they were pretty much strictly a German thing, only becoming popular outside of Europe when returning US soldiers brought them back with them after WWII...
I've seen them at yard sales.
They are not as rare as Mel thinks.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: cc on July 26, 2018, 12:16:19 PM
Post by: cc on July 26, 2018, 12:16:19 PM
I was just looking up German stuff...said that black forest cake is German?Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Anything 'Black Forest' is German...
Have traveled through some of the Black Forest area some time back. It is a fantastic area
Returned home with a beautiful tall music stein ... it played when lid was lifted - prolly a "tourist" thingy?
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 26, 2018, 12:21:00 PM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 26, 2018, 12:21:00 PM
They are not as rare as Mel thinks.Quote from: "Fashionista"
I never said they were rare. I simply stated that I found it curious that they'd be a 'thing' in Taiwan, since Germany and Taiwan share very little in the way of traditions.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 03:44:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 03:44:57 PM
They are not as rare as Mel thinks.Quote from: "Fashionista"
I never said they were rare. I simply stated that I found it curious that they'd be a 'thing' in Taiwan, since Germany and Taiwan share very little in the way of traditions.
I never said in Taiwan..
We had them here in Calgary..
But, you can find them in Taiwan..
It's very prosperous and Westernized and it used to host American servicemen until 1979.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 26, 2018, 04:03:52 PM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 26, 2018, 04:03:52 PM
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 04:07:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 04:07:21 PM
I believe that is cultural appropriation. Unless you have some German lineage, I hereby issue a nutcracker cease and desist order effective immediately.Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"
I'll Fedex you our nutcracker soldier.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 04:12:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2018, 04:12:01 PM
I was just looking up German stuff...said that black forest cake is German?Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Anything 'Black Forest' is German...
Huh...ive never read about it in any book about Germans...weird.
No, it's a real thing. But classically it's a torte, and the German name is more like Black Forest Cherry Torte. It's usually laced with kirschwasser, a clear brandy distilled from sour cherries.
American bakeries also put out "black forest cake" but around here it's not authentic and not very good.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Odinson on July 26, 2018, 04:14:46 PM
Post by: Odinson on July 26, 2018, 04:14:46 PM
...after buying a big old container of mixed nuts.Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"
It contains Brazil nuts (aka Black Toes, but probably best not to call 'em that anymore), and I learned that Brazil nuts are extremely high in Selenium content. In fact, nothing contains more Selenium than Brazil nuts.
While the body seems to need a very small amount of Selenium, eating only six (6) Brazil nuts already puts one over the recommended daily maximum limit for this element, and regular consumption of larger amounts of these nuts can lead to selenium toxicity, so I picked them all out and ate them all at once just to see what happens...
I´ve eaten the whole bag at once and I got nothing..
I wasnt aware of the risk of poisoning.
Title: Re: Something I learned today...
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 26, 2018, 06:57:32 PM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on July 26, 2018, 06:57:32 PM
I'll Fedex you our nutcracker soldier.Quote from: "Fashionista"
:laugh:
It shouldn't have to come to this, but sadly it's the only way...