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comment by Kaius

I think if you are familiar with Nuts being served as a savoury dish at the end of a meal then it makes sense. If not it makes no sense :)





kleinbl00  ·  3431 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think you are 100% right.

I think it's sad that Americans think cheese, fruit and nuts at the end of a meal is weird.

Kaius  ·  3431 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well here in Europe Cheese and Fruit are very common at the end of a meal but I haven't seen Nuts on offer that much. Perhaps I'm in the wrong culinary circles.

As far as Americans, Doris Kearns Goodwin had a passage about Lincoln reminiscing on his childhood in "Team of rivals", how he loved listening when his fathers friends would visit and they would break out nuts and converse for hours. So they were popular at some point...