• Scrof@sopuli.xyz
    31·
    7 months ago

    I always thought peanuts were nuts and grew on trees. Oh how utterly, devastatingly naive I’ve been…

        • sibannac@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          Botanically yes, peanuts are legumes and not technically beans. Calling it a legume makes me think about silage and feed. So, they are beans to me.

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            2·
            7 months ago

            Feed is food though right? I mean as long as you’re not allergic of course.

            Damn that would suck, being allergic to peanuts…

            • sibannac@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              7 months ago

              I’ve worked harvesting alfalfa and soybeans. Both are legumes but one is considered grain for silage(feed) and the other is processed into oil.

            • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              7 months ago

              My wife hates being allergic to them, and only managed to kick her love of them after a particularly bad reaction. It sucks cuz I love Reese’s and have to be very careful about eating them around her. I’m just glad she’s not so allergic that we can’t even have it in the house…

    • SSTF@lemmy.world
      11·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, I mean can you imagine what squirrels would do to peanut trees? They’d mess them up. Squirrels are basically tiny chimpanzees.