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Your Snack Bowl Has a Botanical Identity Crisis
National Nut Day is a good excuse to look a little closer at your snack bowl.
When: Thursday, October 22
Explore: McGill University’s guide to what counts as a nut
Peanuts belong to the pea family. With almonds and cashews, we eat the seed inside the fruit rather than a true botanical nut. Chestnuts and hazelnuts do make the botanical guest list. Your trail mix is effectively a very small interdisciplinary conference.
