1 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Savor production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: I'm Annie Rees and I'm more in Vocal Bomb, and 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: today we have an episode for you about hazel nuts. Yes, 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: and many of you have suggested this episode. Oh yeah, 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: and many of you are from Oregon. Uh. And I 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: can tell by the research that hazel nut is indeed 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: a point of pride in that state. Yes, so this 8 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: all makes sense now, h it does? It does? Indeed? 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: Was there any particular reason this was on your mind? 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: Maybe I was trying to think of foods that I 11 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: associate with the holidays, as like like Thanksgiving and other 12 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: holiday feast type celebrations are approaching and or happening right now, 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: Happy Life Day, thank you and um and yeah, I 14 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: every every year leading up to like Christmas, I get 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: some of those, like like in shell nut mixes, and 16 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: hazelnuts are maybe my favorite part of that. I've also 17 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: been told that having a bowl of nuts out with 18 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: a with a nutcracker like gives off serious grandpa vibes. 19 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: And I'm really chill with that, as you should be 20 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with that at all. What is your favorite candy? 21 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: My favorite? Like my favorite candy candy like of all time? Yeah, 22 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: I don't really have favorites like that, dude. I'm sorry, 23 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: Well I can't. Well, then I can't make any judgment. 24 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: I'm going to use your candy and then trying to 25 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: discern the truth of this statement. Okay, all right, I 26 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: in general, I like chocolates and I also like caramels. 27 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: M hmm. Okay, well that could go either way. But 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: you know, again, nothing wrong with it. Um. I have 29 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: a lot of friends who would telling me, like, my 30 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: favorite candy or my favorite treat is a grandfather grandmother 31 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: treat or whatever, and there is nothing wrong with that. No, no, 32 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: be And you know you're just you're not all fashioned 33 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: your classic Oh there you go, there you go. I 34 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 1: can't say I've had hazel nuts. I can't say I 35 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: have had hazel nuts. I don't think i've had I've 36 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: obviously had ntella. Obviously you're obviously. Um My mom gives 37 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: me that every Christmas. Now I've I've talked about this before, 38 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: but she she's a she's just a very sweet, observant person, 39 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: and she's always trying to figure out, you know, what 40 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: is the snack food she'll put in your stocking. And 41 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: she apparently has arrived at for me. Uh, kind of 42 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: like running bars and natilla. All right, yeah, no, that 43 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: makes sense. I sure, Um, but I don't know that. 44 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: I think I've probably had hazel nuts in um, like 45 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: baked goods, but I don't think I've ever had a 46 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: straight hazel I've had. I've had enough to make up 47 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: for your lack. I've had. I've had probably literal thousands 48 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: over the course of my lifetime. Wow. Wow, I'm sure 49 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: this is something I could easily correct. Dang, all right, 50 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: it's kind of funny in this research, perhaps showing how 51 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: unaware I was of the world of hazel nuts is. 52 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: I had a moment where I was like, what the 53 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: heck is a Philbert? I've never heard of this. What 54 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: are we talking about? I think I might have heard 55 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: that term before, but I definitely didn't understand that is 56 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: another word for for hazel nuts. Uh. So I was 57 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: as surprised as you are. Yes, well that makes me 58 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: feel better. Um, and we are we are going to 59 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about that. But listeners, I would 60 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: love to know maybe this is more of a regional thing. 61 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah it is. Yeah, So I would love 62 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: to hear here from people because I had never heard it. 63 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: I was so confused. Here we are here, we are uh, 64 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: And yes, you can see our natilla episode. We're gonna 65 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,239 Speaker 1: talk about a little bit in this but not much sure. 66 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: Also our episode about pray lines or prey lines, depending 67 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: on how you want to say it, are probably heck 68 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: and heck. It's uh. This episode we already discussed some 69 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: nervousness we have around pronunciation, but we're gonna. We're gonna 70 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: barrel through and do our best. We all always do 71 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: as we always do. I think this brings us to 72 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: our question. Hazel nuts. What are they? Well, hazelnuts are 73 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: a type of nut. Yes, they grow on trees. They're small, 74 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: maybe about an inch round or less in their shell, 75 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 1: and slightly flattened with a with a point at one end. 76 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: You do not eat the shell, but that's okay because 77 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: it's pretty easy to get them open, and once you do, 78 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: there's like a little creamy white gem inside, covered in 79 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: a thin brown skin. Um. Hazelnuts are buttery and sweet 80 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: and crunchy. They can be roasted um, ground into flour, 81 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: or ground into even creamier butter um, and they add 82 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: just this lovely, roasty, nutty richness to everything they touch. 83 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: They're like a more delicate tasting like dessert destined peanut. Uh, 84 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: they're they're like sweet cream butter that grows on trees. Oh, 85 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: that sounds so lovely. And you know what, bonus points, 86 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: it's actually a nut that doesn't happen off. I know 87 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about that. Yeah, okay, So so 88 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: hazel nuts, yes, are the dry, hard fruits of hazel trees. 89 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: The hazel tree genus is Coralis, and there are a 90 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: number of species in it that produced nuts, uh, plus 91 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of like hybrids that have been developed too. 92 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: They can range from sort of shrubby and just a 93 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: little bit taller than a person to like big old 94 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: trees like forty five ft or fifteen meters in height, 95 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: and they tend to flower during the late winter with 96 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,799 Speaker 1: a separate male and female flowers. That the male flowers 97 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: come on these long spikes or catkins with with dozens 98 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: of like super tiny little blooms. Um. The female flowers 99 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: are just tiny little clusters of buds that each have 100 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: a tuft of like pink to red filaments that are 101 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: sticking out of the top. They they look like an 102 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: alien egg in a horror film, but in like a 103 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: fun way. Well that's nice. Yeah. Uh, you do need 104 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: more than one tree to pollinate. And because they bloom 105 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: so early, um, they are wind pollinated, not insect pollinated. 106 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: But once that happens, the female buds will develop out 107 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: into a single fruit contained within this thin but stiff shell. Um. 108 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: They are, yes, a slightly flattened round with a flatt 109 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: end where they attached to the tree and a point 110 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: at the end facing outward from the branch. They developed 111 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: throughout the spring and summer and ripen in the late 112 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: summer to early fall, upon which they sometimes followed the 113 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: ground but do not split open. And this makes them 114 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: a rare true not what although that's controversial, oh what 115 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: apparently due to the so so when those buds develop, 116 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: when those female buds develop out into the nut um, 117 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: they they have surrounding them these these flower or bract 118 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: parts um that develop around them that look that look leafy. Um. 119 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: So it's a botanical controversy. Um. And those leafy bracts 120 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: also make the developing nuts look a lot like Audrey 121 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: to as a bud. I'm just saying, wow. Yeah. Second 122 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 1: horror reference in the botany are breasts um. The genus 123 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: name comes from the Latin term for these trees, which 124 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: itself roots from the Greek term for helmet due to 125 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: the like hardness and shape of the shells, and interestingly, 126 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: the English word hazel is also related to a word 127 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: for for cap or hat from the Anglo saxon m hmm. Yeah. 128 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: Another nomenclature related note one trademarked hybrid like cultivar, it's 129 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: called the beast. The beast doesn't look particularly beastly. It 130 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 1: looks like a tree, all I. I guess it's all 131 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: in the eye of the beholder, you know. Yeah, maybe 132 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: it has like a beastly production capacity. I'm not sure. 133 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. Um. Some species of hazel nuts are 134 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: alternately called cobnuts or Philbert's as discussed above, and actually 135 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: the flavor molecule that is most responsible for for the sweet, buttery, 136 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: nutty almost like chocolate e flavor that hazel nuts have 137 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: is named for phil is named for Filbert's um filbertone. Yeah. However, 138 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 1: it is certainly not the only flavor compound in there. 139 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: There are at least thirty seven that have been identified 140 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: and raw hazel nuts, and at least forty six in 141 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: roasted hazel nuts. M hmm. Some types are eaten fresh, 142 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: like like green and sort of coconutti. Um, I think 143 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: cob nuts mostly and I think that's mostly a UK thing, 144 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: let me know, um, but most are dried and roasted 145 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: before eating. They can be snacked on whole. They can 146 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: be used a whole or chopped or ground into flowers 147 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: and butters as a component in baked goods and candies. Uh. 148 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: They're used as a flavoring for coffees, also used to 149 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: produce hazelnut milk dairy substitute. They're made into spreads like 150 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: the Tella and flavor liqueurs like fringelico. And although they 151 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: are most often used in sweet dishes, they're also a 152 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: really great crunchy topping on savory dishes or is like 153 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: a really buttery addition to um to sauces or soups. 154 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: Make a good pesto yeah right. They can also be 155 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: pressed for their oil, which is pretty strongly flavored, sometimes 156 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: used as a cooking oil. Um and I read okay, 157 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: hazelnuts are fairly costly um, and so is there oil. 158 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: But apparently olive oil is even more expensive um. And 159 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: so there have been some cases of olive oil being 160 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 1: adulterated with hazelnut oil like illicitly. Um. But but the 161 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: adulteration of olive oil is a whole whole other episode 162 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: or episodes. Maybe I think olive oil. We have put 163 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: off tackling that one for a while. Oh yeah, no, 164 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: heck that topic that not today, not today one day, 165 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: but not today, No, no, no, nope, nope, nope. Um. 166 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: At any rate, the the oil is also used in 167 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: skin care and hair care products. Yea, mm hmmmmm. Well 168 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,719 Speaker 1: what about the nutrition? Hazelnuts are pretty good for you. 169 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: They've got a punch of protein and a bunch of 170 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: good fats, some fiber and excellent spread of micronutrients, so 171 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: they will fill you up and keep you going. They 172 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 1: are colorically dense, so like watch your portion size um. 173 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: And once you've mixed them with an equal way to sugar, 174 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: I this this no longer applies. That's that's a separate 175 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: that's a separate that's a separate product. Yeah. Uh. Interesting 176 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: fact they have the highest that is the best ratio 177 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: of unsaturated two saturated fatty acids of all nuts. That 178 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: is an interesting fact. There you go, well, there go. 179 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: And speaking of numbers, yes, we do have some for you. 180 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: Turkey is the largest producer of hazel nuts, followed by Italy, Spain, 181 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: the US, and Grease. The stretch of Turkey's coastline along 182 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: the Black Sea produces of the global crop. Wow and 183 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: speaking of wow, um, Oregon here in the US accounts 184 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: for of our hazel nut crops. So yes, yeah, yeah, 185 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: I've read as high as like it's it's a lot 186 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 1: of it um. Also, globally, some of the hazel nuts 187 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: produced go to processing. Um only about ten our soul 188 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: old for for consumption whole. Also, I did want to 189 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: mention that there are like kind of a lot of 190 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: hazel nut festivals around North America and Europe, but as 191 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: far as I can tell, they're mostly really just about 192 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 1: like local vendors selling things that they made with hazel 193 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: nuts for you to eat and or otherwise purchase. Like, 194 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: I have not found a single frightening mascot. Oh, the 195 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: horror that we don't have the horror don't look at 196 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:38,719 Speaker 1: I agreed, Uh natella producer Ferraro. Oh gosh, I hope 197 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: I'm getting that correctly. Near there buys about twenty of 198 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: the world's hazel nuts. Yeah, and they're even getting into 199 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: into the growing game of hazel nuts. More seriously, they 200 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 1: planted some five million hazel nut trees in the late 201 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: twenty teens. Uh. And that's because they make just a 202 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: just a lot, just a lot of natla and other 203 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: hazel nut related stuff. We collectively eat and estimated eight 204 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: hundred million pounds of ntela a year A lot lot. Um. Wow, 205 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: we do have a lot of history to go over, 206 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: and we do. But first we're going to get into 207 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: a quick break for a word from our sponsors, and 208 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: we're back. Thank you sponsored, Yes, thank you. Okay. So 209 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: this one was tough because histories of hazel nuts were 210 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: so localized. It was like the history of hazel nuts 211 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: in Oregon, the history of hazel nuts in Canada, like 212 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: so and so forth. Um, But here we go and 213 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: do our best. Yeah. Archaeological evidence suggests that people have 214 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: been eating hazel nuts for ten thousand years at least 215 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: to Mesolithic and Neolithic times, when they were an important 216 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: food source for hunter gatherers um eaten raw. From what 217 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: I read, depending on the species, they are native to Asia, Europe, 218 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: and North America. But again it was also localized, so 219 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: difficult to track down um. Charred hazel nut remains have 220 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: been discovered from Scotland to the Pacific northwest. UM they 221 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: were considered sacred and two thousand BC each China and 222 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: ancient Greek physician Dus Varieties wrote about the medicinal benefits 223 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: of hazel nuts UM and these benefits ranged wildly from 224 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: curing a cold to combating baldness, so all kinds of things, okay, yeah, 225 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: sure sure, And they were certainly not the the only 226 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: people who used hazel nuts medicinally. No, First Nations tribes 227 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: and what is now Canada have used beat hazel nut 228 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: for thousands of years UM, where they were not only 229 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: a staple food source, but the sticks and stems were 230 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: important for all kinds of things, from weapons to traps 231 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: to baskets. The oily shells were used for fuel, the 232 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: nuts as medicine, the roots as a blue dye, and 233 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: the hazel bushes were managed by fire. But like it 234 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: was very important part to just so many aspects of 235 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: life um in that in that area. But yeah, why 236 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: are they sometimes called Philbert's I feel like I'm doing 237 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: a stand up bit and I don't mean to hear 238 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: I would again, I really want to hear from listeners 239 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: because I just had never heard of this. Um. But 240 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: from what I read, this could very well be apocryphal. 241 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: I think it probably is, but you know, maybe the 242 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: popular story goes that Philbert's is most likely thanks to 243 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:57,479 Speaker 1: europe Um Frances Sat Philbert's Feast Day, which a celebration 244 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: of St. Philbert takes place on August, which is the 245 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: same time that hazel nuts are ready to be harvested. 246 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: And I guess they became known as Philbert's because of that. 247 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: I will. Yeah, we're both doing kind of a shrug motion. Um. 248 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: Others think it derives from the German word for full beard, 249 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: because that's what a hust hazel nut resembles, also a 250 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: shrug emotion. I I guess it looks like like the 251 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: little point sort of looks like the point of a beard. Uh. 252 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: Certainly before before you husk them, they're very beardy like. 253 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: Like I said, they've got all those little leafy bits 254 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: that are apparently botanically controversial. Uh. Yeah. The term Philbert 255 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: seems to have developed specifically in the British Isles Um, 256 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: where indeed hazel nuts are ripe around that time August um, 257 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: and there were already celebrations happening vaguely around that time 258 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: that involved people and especially kids, going out and harvesting 259 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: hazel nuts. Like William Wordsworth wrote a poem about his 260 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: fond memories of doing this. Um. He wrote the poem 261 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: in like like seventeen nine. Um. The poem is titled 262 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: nutting if you want to look it up. That really 263 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: hasn't like held up as a title. But but yeah, yeah, 264 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful poem. Well, yes, indeed, that's well yes, Um. 265 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 1: Moving on when it comes to the Pacific Northwest, records 266 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: indicate that Oregon has been cultivating the European hazel nuts 267 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: since the eighteen hundreds. Uh, they probably were others. They 268 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: were definitely others native there. Um oh yeah and yeah 269 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: yeah yeah, but the European version since the eighteen hundreds, 270 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: and they were being grown in British Columbia by nineteen thirty, 271 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: though probably even before that. Um. And again see our 272 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: nutella episode. But that's spreadable. Hazel nut and chocolate SAM 273 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: was invented in n It was largely the product of 274 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: a cocoa shortage during World War Two, so hazel nuts 275 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: got supped in. And it probably goes without saying based 276 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 1: on all the other stuff we've already said, but this 277 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 1: was a hugely popular item, still is and as such 278 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: has had a huge impact on hazel nut cropping prices. 279 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 1: Like you can't talk about hazel nuts without talking about this. Um. 280 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: It also probably goes without saying that there is a 281 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: long debated history of combining chocolate and hazel nuts in Europe. 282 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: I have to say it overwhelmed me, and I did 283 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: not do it because I think it would be a 284 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: separate episode. But basically, like people were, people like to 285 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: argue about when did this combination first start? Yeah, And 286 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: I mean it's one of those things we talked about 287 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: this a lot where like probably, um, you know, a 288 00:19:55,560 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: lot of people made that decision independently in different places, 289 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: kind of around the same time, because it just sort 290 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: of makes sense if you have chocolate and you have 291 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: hazel nuts, like, hey, like that would probably be tasted together. 292 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,959 Speaker 1: Let's try it. Uh. And also right there there is 293 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: we really could do a whole episode about it. There 294 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: are a number of like really specific pastries from a 295 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: number of different places that incorporate both chocolate and hazel nut. Um, 296 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: so yeah, there you go. Yeah, ye, I I saw 297 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: the looming list of all these pastries, and I was like, Nope, 298 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: I can't handle it right now. But yes, yeah, and 299 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: again listeners were soliciting, as always a lot of advice 300 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: from you, but if you have experience with that or 301 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: favorite or something, just right in and let us know. UM. 302 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: The Oregon legislature named the hazel nut the state nut 303 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: in nine Okay. Also, in a group of researchers out 304 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: of Germany isolated the aforementioned filbertone that hazel nut primary 305 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: flavor molecule UM and the lab synthesis of philibertone has 306 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: led to increased availability of hazelnut flavored and scented products 307 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: that have never seen an actual hazel nut right right, 308 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: And filibertone sounds it must be said, like some kind 309 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: of like painting a color of paint that I could buy. Yeah, 310 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: I mean maybe it is. I could see it, I 311 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: could seem sure, mm hmm. In the early two thousands, 312 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: the Eastern Filbert blight hit the North American West Coast 313 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: hazelnut crop and it was devastating UM. For example, British 314 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: Columbia's hazel nuts were destroyed by UM. They're still trying 315 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: to recover and have made great strides, but still have 316 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: a long way to go. But worth noting some of 317 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: the crop native to North America can withstand this fungus. Yeah. Yeah, 318 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: So what you're dealing with here is these these imported 319 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 1: European uh, hazel nut trees did not have any kind 320 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: of genetic defenses against this this blight that had originated 321 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: in native like East Coast American hazel nut trees previously, 322 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: and so when that blight spread to the west, they 323 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 1: were just like oops, I'm dead now. Uh. But but 324 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: right there, there's a lot of research being done into 325 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: how to create hybrids. They're healthier, and it's also a 326 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: huge success story in terms of containment because that blight 327 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 1: has not spread out of North America. Wow. Yeah, more 328 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: bad news though. Climate change is affecting growing conditions where 329 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: hazel nuts are produced, like turkey um, creating higher temperatures 330 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 1: and flooding, and hazelnut prices have increased by over sixty 331 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: in the past decade or so due to low supply, 332 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: and that is all while demand is up. As of 333 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: more candy brands, we're launching hazelnut products like like Lins 334 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: hazelnut spread and Eminem's that contain hazel nut butter or 335 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: goop or whatever you want to call it. Oh wow, 336 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: yeah right, I know, I'm like that sounds delicious. Also, 337 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: the pandemic may have pushed demand even higher. People conjecture 338 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: that it's due to that, that nostalgia comfort food kind 339 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: of thing. As sales of natella in France we're worth 340 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: more than any other grocery item. They were worth forty 341 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: million euros that year. That's higher than the cost of 342 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: even butter, or coffee or toilet paper. Wow wow, yeah, 343 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: I mean people love their nutella. I think in that 344 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: episode we talked about, because that episode was a while 345 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,479 Speaker 1: ago we did it, but I think we were there 346 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: was a shortage we talked about in there where people 347 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: were fighting over getting natilla. Um yeah, Natila panic, It's real, 348 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: it is it is. Um. Well again, listeners, if you've 349 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 1: got any any more information about how hazel nuts are 350 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: used in your area, if you've been to a festival 351 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: and there's something we're missing, um, please let us know. 352 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: But I think that's what we have to say about 353 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: hazel nuts for now. I think it is. We do 354 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: have some listener mail for you, though, and we are 355 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: going to get into that as soon as we get 356 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: back from one more quick break forward from our sponsors, 357 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: and we're back. Thank you sponsoring, Yes, thank you, and 358 00:24:54,320 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: we're back with listen. Yeah, okay, I was trying to 359 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: do like the sound of the shape. That makes sense. 360 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: It's also kind of it's kind of smooth and sweet. Yeah, yeah, 361 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: I feel kind of. I feel a little more relaxed 362 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: after doing it, to be honest. So that's good. That's good. Yeah. 363 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: And speaking of oh my goodness, listeners, you continue to astound, 364 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: amazed and helpless relaxed because you keep sending in these 365 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: amazing pet photos. This is like our whole inboxes this 366 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: right now. And I have zero complaints. I do legitimately 367 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: feel bad for you listening, but wow, I have no complaints. 368 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: Um okay, so Ellen wrote, I know it's well after 369 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: Halloween at this point, but I thought you might enjoy 370 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: pictures of my dog's Halloween costume. Last year we started 371 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: doing a fun run called the Dash of Doom, where 372 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: you dress up with your dog and talk slash run 373 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: five kilometers. Last year she was a taco in a bag, 374 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: and this year she was Pico Montoya and I was physic. 375 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: But my costume was much more thrown together. Here are 376 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: pictures of both for you to enjoy. I feel like 377 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: I might have sent the taco pictures before, so if 378 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: I did, I'm sorry. I never apologize. Uh ps, there's 379 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: one of my cat Nano in the taco as well. 380 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: She didn't get to go on any adventures. She was 381 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: just a miserable palindrome. Ha. Okay, these pictures are so cute. Okay, 382 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: So if you don't know the Pico Montoya is from 383 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: the Princess Bride because Anigo Montoya. Sure, yes, but this 384 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: is a small, small dog, perhaps perhaps Chihuahua adjacent. Um, 385 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: I'm sorry if if that's I'm sorry if that's super incorrect. 386 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: I'm kind of bad at dog breeds. But but yeah, 387 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: but she's got she's got a good little way big 388 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: um and a little saber and a little speech bubble 389 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: that says, hello, my name is Pico Montoya. You killed 390 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: my father, prepared to die, and I'll say that you're 391 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: you're physic costume like could lean Jedi. But but it's 392 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: I think it's clear next to Inigo or next to 393 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: Pico Montoya here, I think it's clear what you had going. Yes, 394 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: and it's excellent. It's fantastic and I love it. Also, 395 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: the cat in the taco, I mean, I'm biased because 396 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: this cat reminds me distinctly of my own gray cat, 397 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: because because he's got a little white bib and the 398 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: little white sox. Um. But oh but nano, little little 399 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 1: nano taco staring off despondently, like, why have you done this? 400 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: It's for this very reason, because we think it's cute, sucker, 401 00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: and you don't have a posable thumbs. What are you 402 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: gonna do about it? Ums? Sheldon wrote, Uh, not wearing 403 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: Halloween costumes, but Christmas stuff. The first picture is tet 404 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: pool uh. And the next is Napoleon. And then since 405 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: it's Christmas time, the cats playing in the snow uh. 406 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 1: And so yes, we've got We've got chicken little tea 407 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: tea pool or chicken little dressed in a little Santa 408 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: cap and a little a little scarf or muff, perhaps 409 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: looking looking like he hates you and everything else on 410 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: the planet deeply, which I find very endearing. Mildly annoying 411 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: cats is kind of my reason for existing. Um uh. 412 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: And then Napoleon also looking actually very handsome and pleased 413 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: with himself, and in his little little rough um and 414 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: then yeah, balancing so beautifully on on a snowy roof, 415 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: looking like they are just having the best times of 416 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: their little cat lives. It's so good, so good, oh 417 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: my gosh, so much joy you have brought us on 418 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: this day, this very special life day. So thank you, yes, 419 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,719 Speaker 1: thank you. I did not I did not know I 420 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: was going to encounter a cat named chicken little Oh 421 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: my gosh, and looking so frustrated and very best. 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