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I would like to know what has become of the Brazil
nut. This Christmas, Brazils were scarce or absent in
mixed nut packs. It was all very distressing. |
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Brazil nuts are not particularly good for you. They've
been found to contain high levels of selenium, which can
have some pretty nasty effects if you get too much. |
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Are you sure you're not a German physician, [21Q]? |
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//Brazil nuts are not particularly good for you.
They've been found to contain high levels of
selenium, which can have some pretty nasty effects
if you get too much.// |
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You would have to eat an unfeasibly large number of
Brazil nuts for their selenium content to become a
problem. |
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That's true, but some people have managed to do so, I
believe. |
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<net rummage> Ah, turns out it was an episode of House
that started it all. |
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--Really? Thanks for the head's up, I eat lots of brazil nuts. |
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Dangerous dosage is in excess of 2000 micrograms per
day. |
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No, I don't know how much selenium there is in a single
Brazil nut. |
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"No", you're not or "No", you're not sure, [21Q]? |
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Brazil nuts are also quite radioactive. |
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As to the idea, brilliant. Can you make it sort mixed sweets, too? |
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The inner wall of the centrifuge should have holed dimples, each nut type having its own appropriately proportioned dimple, such that when the centrifuge is cranked up to 11, the outer wall slides up, freeing the appropriate nut from its rotating prision, shooting it out across the sitting room air, hopefully to land in the maws of your guests. Also doubles as a dog treat dispenser. |
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Also, you could put around the nut rotator a counter rotating roulette wheel, and stage gambling events in yr basement. |
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There's probably quite a market for radioactive nuts. |
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[calum], that's a good one |
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[+] and all this time I've been buying almonds separately!! |
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You don't need a centrifuge, you just need a moderate amount of shaking to cause granular convection in the bowl of nuts, and then the "Brazil Nut Effect" will do the rest for you (see link). |
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This isn't a Halfbakery User Directory, then? |
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I would be more impressed if there was a conveyor that passed each nut in turn in front of a little camera. Object recognition software would actuate little gates, chuting each nut into a different receptacle. |
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// King of nuts IMHO. Well apart from pistachios and cashews // |
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Sometimes a brazil nut is just a brazil nut. And they are top notch, agreed. Much prefered over those other ones named after road surfacing. |
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Given the direction of the debate, debating as to
whether add a link to "The Boys From Brazil" |
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Shouldn't this be "Mixed Nuts Sorter"? |
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// never heard of (although I don't doubt the
existence of) a single dessert recipe which uses
Brazil nuts.// |
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Chocolate, orange and brazil nut cake springs to
mind, as does the Bolivian treat "Almendras de la
ramera". |
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If someone kicks you really hard between the legs
you can get a "mixed nut disorder" |
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