[Groop]Oh no! I'm Nut-picking!

[Sudilovsky, Ariel]

-----Original Message-----
From: D. Bron [mailto:DBron@flashmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 7:35 PM
To: Groop@groo.com
Subject: Re: [Groop]Another bit of sillyness



>7. SAINSBURY'S PEANUTS - Warning: contains nuts

Aha, as you see this is a false warning - as we all know a peanut is a 
LEGUME, not a nut.  You do watch Third Rock, don't you?


-------->I hate to nut-pick, but I must.  The peanut is in fact a nut-not a
legume.  A legume is a pod, such as a pea or a bean, that splits into 2
valves with the seeds attached to the lower edge of one of the valves.  By
contrast a nut is a hard-shelled, solid textured, one-celled fruit, such as
an acorn or hazelnut, that does not split open.  Clearly one should realize
that a peanut, therefore, is a nut.  First, the peanut is not attached to
the shell. Second, the peanut shell does not split open (of its own accord).
Another definition which should clear up any remaining questions is: A seed
borne in a fruit having a hard shell, as the peanut or almond.

Webster's is a much truer and more valuable source for definitions than 3rd
Rock.

Ari

p.s. A final definition of "nut" which might be of note is: Any member of a
group dedicated to cheese-dip, mulch or aficionados of such, especially
where such member engages in debate as to the nuthood or legumehood of any
nut or legume.