random poll

[ratcreature]

Most people think chocolate and nuts go well together, but which nut do you think fits chocolate best? (Today when I decided to buy some chocolate with nuts I dithered for minutes in front of the shelf over whether I ought to go with hazelnut or almond chocolate this time.)

I realize radio buttons make this hard when like me you like many nuts in chocolate, but you'll just have to pick a favorite. (Feel free to imagine the chocolate however you like it to best compliment the nuts, i.e. if you like for example hazelnuts best in milk chocolate but almonds in dark chocolate, imagine the combination you like better and then pick the kind of nut in the poll.)

Poll #6193 chocolate & nuts

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 51

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Which nut do you like best with chocolate?

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None: Who would contaminate tasty chocolate with any nut?? (or nuts with chocolate)
5 (9.8%)

Hazelnuts
21 (41.2%)

Almonds
16 (31.4%)

Walnuts
1 (2.0%)

Pecans
2 (3.9%)

Macadamia
2 (3.9%)

Cashew
2 (3.9%)

Brazil nuts
0 (0.0%)

Pistachios
0 (0.0%)

Peanuts (counted as "nut" for the purposes of this poll despite being an undercover legume)
2 (3.9%)

some other nut you have forgotten
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[herlander_refugee]

I can't actually eat any tree nuts any more due to allergies, but my former favorite was how I voted!

[ratcreature]

Food allergies and intolerances can be really depressing.

[herlander_refugee]

Yes, very, lol. But I keep in in context---there are still many good things I can eat. And having anything to eat at all puts me in a charmed category in today's world.

[ratcreature]

True. The most depressing intolerances I've encountered was an acquaintance who was not only allergic to both milk and wheat, but also intolerant to fructose on top of that, which I hadn't even thought possible. I mean, how can you not tolerate a sugar? But they had some sort of bowel disorder, couldn't absorb it properly and thus had all sorts of digestive problems from eating *fruit*, so that had to be avoided too. That seemed really horrible to me.

[herlander_refugee]

I have a long list, wheat is not there yet, but barley IS, dammit. Beer is made of barley, for pity's sake! Most common fruits get me, all nightshade veggies, most dairy, all shellfish, and some legumes.

It is a pain in the ass.