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In some parts of the U.S., Brazil nuts were known as "nigger toes". [9] Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) was sometimes called "niggerhead cabbage" in the United States, and in Britain at least as recently as the 1980s. [10] [1] [11] The "niggerhead termite" (Nasutitermes graveolus) is a native of Australia. [12]
The Brazil nut is a large tree, reaching 50 metres (160 feet) tall, [15] and with a trunk 1 to 2 m (3 to 7 ft) in diameter, making it among the largest of trees in the Amazon rainforest. It may live for 500 years or more, and can often reach a thousand years of age. [ 16 ]
The big Brazil nut has 4 grams of protein per ounce — but because of their size, that translates to just one or two nuts in a serving. They're also high in selenium — one nut provides more ...
Just be aware that the tolerable upper intake level of selenium is about 400 mcg and Brazil nuts contain 68–91 mcg per nut. Try not to exceed three nuts per day (because they are so large, 1–2 ...
1896 Dialect Notes I. 421 *Nigger toes: for Brazil nuts. 1958 J. M. Lacy in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 597/2 He buys..nuts called 'nigger toes'. 1973 Times 27 Aug. 5/8 In Virginia brazil nuts are called nigger-toes and chewed with great relish. Worded as a nonjudgmental statement of fact it appears encyclopedic enough to me.
“Brazil nuts provide healthy fat and are a good source of the antioxidant selenium, which has been noted for its anti-inflammatory benefits,” says Jessica Cording, RD, author of The Little ...
Myth #1: Peanuts are a nut. Despite their name, peanuts are actually a legume ... Brazil nuts: 4 grams of protein. Pine nuts: 3.8 grams of protein. Peanuts (technically legumes): ...
Lecythis pisonis, the cream nut or monkey pot, is a tropical tree in the Brazil nut family Lecythidaceae. [1] It is known in its native tropical America as sapucaia or castanha-de-sapucaia . The fruit is shaped like a cooking pot and contains edible seeds.