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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Wouldn't they be 'squirrel' nuts, then?
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Yeah, like we name food after what eats it
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Nah, we don't calls 'em monkey nuts, we calls 'em peanuts. I know, that's not much better...
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Over here we don't eat peanuts in the shell.
There may be whole-food diet exceptions, but no-one I've ever known personally.
Ours come in foil bags (salted or dry-roasted)
As the raw product is rarely bought for consumption, I can only assume the name came from the food feed to primates in zoos?
A guess.
Squirrels love it.
My one regret at leaving London. Not being able to hand-feed squirrels in the park.