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  Nut - LoveToKnow 1911
The bread nut of Jamaica is the fruit of a lofty tree, Brosimum Alicastrum.
The Jamaica cob nut is the produce of a euphor biaceous tree, Omphalea There remain to be enumerated a number of nuts of commercial diandra, the seeds of which resemble in taste the ordinary cob value for turnery and ornamental purposes, for medicinal use, or hazel nut.
The marking nut is a native of the East Indies, where the extremely acrid juice of the shell of the fruit in its unripe state is mixed with quicklime and used as a marking-ink.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Nut   (1080 words)

  
 SGAP(Qld) - Bush Tucker - Candle Nut
Aleurites moluccana, the Candle Nut, is a tree with a wide distribution.
The nut can be split without shattering by heating on a fire or in an oven, or even in the hot sun for four or five days, then cooled rapidly, usually with cold water.
Candle Nut oil cake is high in nitrogenous content and makes a useful fertilizer for agricultural purposes.
www.sgapqld.org.au /bushtucker11.html   (530 words)

  
  Nut (fruit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity.
Pistachio nut is the seed of a thin-shelled drupe.
A nut is a compound ovary that is both the seed and the fruit, which cannot be separated.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nut_%28fruit%29   (671 words)

  
 Candlenut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The kukui nut is similar (though "rougher") in flavor and texture to the macadamia nut, which has a similarly high oil content.
The nut is often used in Malaysian and Indonesian cuisine, where it is called kemiri.
The nuts were strung in a row on a palm leaf midrib and one end lit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Candle_nut   (752 words)

  
 Nut (fruit) - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A nut in botany is a one-seeded (rarely two) simple dry fruit in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity.
Examples of true nuts are the fruits produced by oak (acorn), hazelnut (filbert), beech and butternut trees.
"Nuts" in cuisine are a much less restrictive category than nuts in botany, the term being applied (or misapplied, depending upon your orientation) to many seeds that are not true nuts.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Nut_%28fruit%29   (428 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Nut (fruit)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Some fruits and seeds that are nuts in the culinary sense but not in the botanical sense: Korean Pine pine nuts - photo User:MPF File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
The peach is a typical drupe (stone fruit) In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp or skin and mesocarp or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside.
A common term applied to nuts which is used to distinguish peanuts from nuts is, "tree nuts." Binomial name Arachis hypogaea L. The Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the pea family Fabaceae native to South America.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nut-%28fruit%29   (2340 words)

  
 Chapter Candescence <i>to</i> Canker of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. or by casting or running in a mold.
a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour.
A shrub common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; — also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.
www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1194/22150/2.html   (440 words)

  
 Candle nut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bluegrass Candle Supply Soy candle wax, fragrance oils, wicks, and additives are among the products offered.
Molds, Masters and More Offers handcrafted silicone candle and soap molds, candle snuffers, and candle climbers, as well as flameless candles and beeswax wall hangers.
Millcreek Soywax Candle Supply Candle-making supplies, including soy wax, fragrances, wicks, color dyes, soy candle kits, and information on how to make soy candles.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Candle_nut.html   (306 words)

  
 Define Candle nut : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle.
Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease.
www.indictionary.com /define/Candle_nut   (538 words)

  
 nut (fruit)
Almond, walnut, pecan and hickory are the edible seeds of drupes - the leathery "flesh" is removed at harvest.
Pine nut or pinyon is the seed of several species of pine (coniferous trees).
Candle nut (used for oil) is a seed.
en.mcfly.org /nut+%28fruit%29   (420 words)

  
 Candle Nut - Bush Tucker Plant
The roasted nuts are delicious, and are reported to be nutritious and high in energy from the fat they contain.
However particular trees produce a nut which has a high cyanide content, and if many roasted nuts are eaten at a time, they can cause stomach cramps and vomiting, so suitable selection methods need to be applied.
Because of the high oil content, the nuts will burn with a smoky flame, hence their common name and use by early settlers.
members.ozemail.com.au /~peterrjones/bushtucker/candle_nut.htm   (212 words)

  
 Northey Street City Farm - Candle Nut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The flowers are followed by large round nuts that are edible when correctly prepared and roasted.
Although they resemble shelled macadamia nuts, they should not be eaten raw because they contain a strong purgative.
The nuts have a high oil content, about 50% unsaturated oil, ignite readily and were used in place of candles in a by-gone era.
www.northeystreetcityfarm.org.au /edible_landscapes_nursery/bushtucker_trees/candle_nut   (170 words)

  
 Food Facts & Trivia: Candle Nut
The candle nut (Aleurites molucana) has such a high oil content, up to 70%, that they are strung on ribs from palms and used as candles in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Candle nuts are also known as Kukui (Hawaii), candleberry, kemiri nut (Indonesia), lumbang, and varnish tree.
They are also used as a thickening and stabilizing agent in curries, and have a similar taste and texture as macadamia nuts.
www.foodreference.com /html/fcandlenut.html   (204 words)

  
 Candlenut
Large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles.
κάρυο μπανκούλ (candle nut), κάρυο chandelle (candle nut).
nuez de candelas (candle nut), nuez de bancul (candle nut).
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/ca/candlenut.html   (300 words)

  
 The Nut Factory : Kitchen : unusual nuts, edible nuts of the world, many ediblenuts including walnuts, hickories, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
There are a thousand kinds of nuts in the world that are hunted and eaten by hungry people.
Peanuts are in the bean family, and are not nuts.
Nuts are defined as "any hard shelled fruit or seed of which the kernel is eaten by mankind".
www.thenutfactory.com /kitchen/edible.html   (313 words)

  
 Asia Food Glossary Page
A hard, oily nut which, in a culinary context, is ground and used mostly in Indonesian and Malaysian dishes as a thickening agent.
Macadamias and Brazil nuts make good substitutes, though both are sweeter than the slightly bitter candle nut.
The raw nut is mildly toxic, but once cooked is quite safe so always cook with the dishes which they are used to thicken.
www.asiafood.org /glossary_2.cfm?wordid=3247   (134 words)

  
 Candle Nut - Aleurites moluccana
The brown fruit envelopes the highly nutritious nuts that are delicious roasted.
The nuts should not be eaten raw as the toxin in the oil can induce nausea and vomiting.
Candle nut is becoming a bit of a weed in S/E QLD and think twice about planting out its range as it is a fast growing agressive self seeeder.
www.daleysfruit.com.au /bushfood/candlenut.htm   (198 words)

  
 Frosted Candles
This lovely fragranced candle, in country packaging, is available in two sizes: 3" x 3" $ 8.95 4" x 4" $12.9...
Primitive candle gift set: 3" x 3" primitive scented candle wrapped in rusted tin wire, tin candle dish, cinnamon potpourri, country packaging with rusted tin ornament tied with raffia bow.
Frosted candle is 4" tall, tin pan 7" in diameter Coordinating refresher oil available...
www.poconomts.com /countrygifts/frostcan.html   (590 words)

  
 Jar Candles: The Nature Shoppe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Our candles are hand poured, long-burning, and scented to match many of our lotion and gels.
A good rule of thumb is that if you have over 1/2 inch of liquid wax in ANY burning jar candle, you should blow it out, let it solidify, then trim the wick and relight.
The sweet and creamy scent of pineapple and coconut in our Pina Colada candle will remind you of lying on a tropical beach where your biggest decision of the day is which SPF sunblock to use.
www.thenatureshoppe.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=JC   (1353 words)

  
 All-Candles.com - Buy Candles!
Candle Bay is synonymous with quality and excellent customer service.
Each candle of our jar candles is housed in a lidded frosted-glass jar and offers exceptional burn times.
Scented or unscented, votive candles are hardworking little wonders no lantern or chandelier could do without.
www.all-candles.com   (174 words)

  
 Skyrail Rainforest Cableway Cairns - Nature Diary
Fruits, nuts and spiders, while these items may not seem to be a compatible grouping, they do provide the perfect 'what's on' guide to Australia's Tropical Rainforests this month.
Meantime the Candle Nut (Aleurites moluccana), a slender, fast growing rainforest canopy tree, is now showering the forest floor with nuts, much to the delight of white tailed rats.
The Candle Nut is commonly found throughout the tropical rainforests of North Queensland, the Pacific and south-east Asia and grows between 20 to 30 metres high.
www.skyrail.com.au /diary0504.html   (636 words)

  
 OILS - LoveToKnow Article on OILS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Jatropl~a curcas Brazil nut Bertholletia excelsa Croton Croton Tiglium.
According to the care exercised by the manufacturer in the range of temperature to which the seed is heated, various grades of oils are obtained.
Phonograph mass are wi~lely distributed amongst the insects, the most Candles, polishes important being beeswax, -4 CandIes, surgery which is collected in almost I4 Candles, polishes, sizes all parts of the world.
85.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OI/OILS.htm   (12360 words)

  
 Asian Ingredients : C
The name arises because the nuts, when threaded on the mid-rib of a palm leaf, are used as a primitive candle.
Small brownish nuts that looks like a little large sunflower seeds, sometimes ground with other nuts, such as almonds and cashew.
Not the water inside the nut but the creamy liquid extracted from the grated flesh of fresh coconuts or from desiccated (shredded) coconut.
www.asianrecipesonline.com /glossary/c.php   (1253 words)

  
 Pitcairn Islands Study Center
Several nuts were threaded on a rib of a coconut frond, forming a taper which would burn like a candle.
In the evening, which comes soon after six o’clock on Pitcairn [the] snug interiors were illuminated by the faltering light of the doodoee or candle nut.
A reddish brown dye made from the inner bark of the candlenut tree is used to decorate tapa cloth and the sap of the tree is used to waterproof it.
library.puc.edu /pitcairn/pitcairn/encyclopedia6.shtml   (2146 words)

  
 Hawaiian Leis at MaiKai Hawaii: Hawaiian Kukui Nut with Mock Orange Leaves Leis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The highly prized Kukui Nut comes from the Candle Nut Tree and was used to provide fuel, food, tools and adornment for the Hawaiian people.
The oil from the Kukui was used for candles, the meat used as a condiment and the shell used to fashion small tools or personal jewelry.
The Kukui Nut continues to be a valuable resource for the islands.
www.maikaihawaii.com /hawaiian_leis_kukui_nut_lei.htm   (203 words)

  
 Bandung Restaurant - Exotic Tastes of Indonesia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
House fried rice with egg and your choice of beef, chicken or tofu, authentically flavored with garlic, shallots, sambal and candle nut, served with cucumber and tomato $8.95
House fried rice with egg and your choice of beef, chicken or tofu, authentically flavored with garlic, shallots, sambal, candle nut and pete (Indonesian sator bean), served with cucumber and tomato $8.95
House fried rice with egg and your choice of beef, chicken or tofu, authentically flavored with garlic, shallots, sambal, candle nut and basil served with cucumber and tomato $8.95
www.bandungrestaurant.com /menu.php?t=FriedRiceNoodles   (287 words)

  
 One World Projects - Brazil Nut Candles from Peruvian Rain Forests
These candles are handmade from the pods of Brazil Nut trees in the Amazon Rain Forest of Peru.
While we have attempted to duplicate the candle colors in our photographs, the colors that you see on your screen may not be the same colors that we see on our screens.
If knowing more about the candle color is very important to your purchase, please call us and we will do our best to answer your questions.
www.oneworldprojects.com /products/bn_candle.shtml   (395 words)

  
 Kiski Valley Candles > Enamelware Candles
These handmade highly scented candles are my most unique.
As with any candle, you may want to place it on a coaster to protect delicate surfaces.
All of my container candles are made with soy and paraffin blended wax.
www.kiskivalleycandles.com /enamelwarecandles.html   (199 words)

  
 McCall's Jar Candles
Mc Call's Country Canning Jar Candles Delightful scent of warm rich biscotti flavored with a hint of orange and a touch of almond in an old fashioned country canning jar.
McCall's Country Canning Jar Candles This sweet, spicy Santa delight will be as nostalgic as old keepsakes and one of your favorite Christmas memories.
Mc Call's Country Canning Candle Jar When you remove the lid from this new classic, you'll be delighted with the scent of a fresh bouquet of flowers.
www.poconomts.com /countrygifts/mccalls.html   (853 words)

  
 CANDLE FIND - Reviews of Scented Candles, Soy Candles, Free Soy Candle Giveaway, Candle Store Links, Candle Tips, ...
If you want to melt over their candles too after you read Christina's review, just scroll to the end of the review page to learn how to get 15% off any online Pacifica order...this offer is ONLY available through our site.
When Candle Find first began in November of 2003, it was initially just a candle shopping directory with links to online candle stores.
The new Candle Review Board has only been up since the 10th of June and I have already gotten some great feedback from some of you.
www.candlefind.com /index.html   (1164 words)

  
 Agroforestree Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Hawaiians strung nuts on sticks and used them for lighting houses; this use of the kernels gave rise to the name ‘candle nut’.
A. moluccana is one of the great domesticated trees of the world with multiple uses; it has been adopted as the official tree emblem of Hawaii, where it was probably imported by Polynesian ancestors.
In plantations nut yields are estimated at 5-20 t/ha nuts, each tree producing 30-80 kg.
www.worldagroforestry.org /Sites/TreeDBS/Aft/Print.cfm?SpID=187   (1097 words)

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