ActUalLy: peanuts, although having ‘nuts’ in their name, are botanically speaking legumes from the family fabaceae, like lentils or chickpeas.
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TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 month agowhat? they are fairly cheap for a nut. that’s why they are so ubiquitous.
most other nuts cost more, excluding peanuts
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Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 1 month ago
I think we should count the costs as including water, low-paid labor, etc. for any product.
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Yeah, this isn’t about comparing almonds vs. pistachios. This is about comparing almonds vs. hot cheetos and takis.
Which, granted, are closer in price now, but when that study came out and was all over the news, it was just classism wrapped up as some health news. At the time even jerky was about the same price as almonds, and gas stations wouldn’t ever carry almonds. Sunflower seeds, peanuts, corn nuts, jerky.