Most seeds come from fruit that naturally free themselves from the shell, but this is not the case in nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary. The general and original usage of the term is less restrictive, and many nuts (in the culinary sense), such as almonds, pistachios, and Brazil nuts, are not nuts in a botanical sense. Common usage of the term often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut. Nuts are an energy-dense and nutrient-rich food source.

Botanically, a nut is a fruit with a woody pericarp developing from a syncarpous gynoecium. True nuts include, for example, chestnut, hazelnut and filbert. Culinarily, the term 'nut' is used much more widely, and includes examples of drupes (such as pecans and almonds) or seeds (such as pine nuts and peanuts).

Also widely known as nuts are dry drupes, which include pecans, almonds, macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) and the water caltrop (Trapa bicornis). A drupe is an indehiscent fruit that has an outer fleshy part consisting of the exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh, which surround a single pit or stone, the endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. In a dry drupe, the outer parts dry up and the remaining husk is part of the ovary wall or pericarp, and the hard inner wall surrounding the seed represents the inner part of the pericarp.

Walnuts and hickories (Juglandaceae) have fruit that are difficult to classify. They are considered to be nuts under some definitions but are also referred to as drupaceous nuts.

In common use, a "tree nut" is, as the name implies, any nut coming from a tree. This most often comes up regarding food allergies; a person may be allergic specifically to peanuts (which are not tree nuts but legumes), whereas others may be allergic to the wider range of nuts that grow on trees.

The sweet potato arrived in Europe with the Columbian exchange. It is recorded, for example, in Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book, compiled in England in 1604.

Nuts are eaten by humans and wildlife. Because nuts generally have a high oil content, they are a significant energy source. Many seeds are edible by humans and used in cooking, eaten raw, sprouted, or roasted as a snack food, ground to make nut butters, or pressed for oil that is used in cooking and cosmetics.

Nuts used for food are a common source of food allergens. Reactions can range from mild symptoms to severe ones, a condition known as anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening. The reaction is due to the release of histamine by the body in response to an allergen in the nuts, causing skin and other possible reactions. Many experts suggest that a person with an allergy to peanuts should avoid eating tree nuts, and vice versa.

The nuts linked to from this page are: acorn; almond; beech nuts; betel nut; brazil nut; bush mango; filbert; ginkgo nut; kola nut; candlenut; cashew; chestnut; coconut; hazelnut; macadamia; ogbono; palm nut; peanut; pecan; pine nut; pistachio; walnut.

The alphabetical list of all the nut-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 3996 recipes in total:

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Poisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)      Origin: Senegal	Potage Congolaise (Congolese Soup)      Origin: Congo	Poulet Créole (Creole Chicken)      Origin: Mauritius
Poisson Yassa Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Fish Yassa)      Origin: Mauritania	Potage Fene Boiles (A Broad Bean Pudding)      Origin: England	Poulet de Comores (Comorian Chicken)      Origin: Comoros
Poissons en sauce aux arachides (Fish in Groundnut Sauce)      Origin: Gabon	Potage of Rice      Origin: England	Poulet de Guinée (Guinean Chicken)      Origin: Guinea
Poitrine de Porc Grillée à l'Ail (Grilled Belly Pork with Garlic)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Potato and Broccoli Gratin with Goat's Cheese      Origin: Ireland	Poulet Fafa (Chicken with Taro Leaves)      Origin: Tahiti
Poke      Origin: Cook Islands	Potato and Mixed Wild Mushroom Bake      Origin: Britain	Poulet Fafa (Chicken with Taro Leaves)      Origin: Wallis Futuna
Poke      Origin: Tokelau	Potato and Onion Flan      Origin: Ireland	Poulet Kédjénou (Kédjénou Chicken)      Origin: Cote dIvoire
Pokerounce      Origin: England	Potato Cakes with Mango Sauce      Origin: Ireland	Poulet Nyembwe      Origin: Gabon
Pol Sambol      Origin: Sri Lanka	Potato Candy      Origin: Britain	Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Gambia
Polenta Cake      Origin: Britain	Potato Cream Cake      Origin: Britain	Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Polenta Cake with Himalayan Balsam Seeds (Polenta Cake with Himalayan Balsam Seed)      Origin: Britain	Potato Sweets      Origin: Ireland	Poulet Yassa Malienne (Malian Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Mali
Pollo al Curry con Pasas y Piñones (Chicken Curry with Raisins and Pine Nuts)      Origin: Spain	Potato Vegetable Kugel      Origin: Jewish	Poullaille farcie (Stuffed Poultry)      Origin: France
Pollo con Salsa de Cacahuetes (Chicken with Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Potato Wedges with Curry Sauce      Origin: Britain	Pourcelet farci (Stuffed Suckling Pig)      Origin: France
Pollo Mexicana (Chicken Mexicana)      Origin: Mexico	Potatoes with Almonds and Cream      Origin: Britain	Po’e de Plátanos (Rapa Nui Banana Po'e)      Origin: Easter Island
Pom      Origin: Suriname	Potatoes with Mushrooms      Origin: Ireland	Prawn Balti      Origin: Britain
Pomegranate Lokum (Pomegranate Turkish Delight)      Origin: Turkey	Potatoes with Pine Nuts      Origin: Ireland	Prawn Biryani      Origin: India
Pomegranate Molasses Glazed Carrots with Pistachios      Origin: Fusion	Potes Llysiau â Dwmplinau (Vegetable Stew with Dumplings)      Origin: Welsh	Prawn Caldine      Origin: India
Ponche de Creme      Origin: Trinidad	Potsticker Dumplings      Origin: China	Prawn Laksa      Origin: Malaysia
Poné de Cassave (Cassava Pone)      Origin: French Guiana	Potted Morecambe Bay Shrimps      Origin: England	Prawn Laksa      Origin: Cocos Islands
Poné de Citrouille (Pumpkin Pone)      Origin: French Guiana	Potted Woodlice      Origin: Britain	Prawn Pasanda      Origin: Britain
Poné de Citrouille (Pumpkin Pone)      Origin: Guyana	Poulet à l'Arachide (Chicken with Peanuts)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Prawn Powder      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Poo Pad Pong Curry (Thai Crab Curry Recipe)      Origin: Thailand	Poulet à L'Indienne (Comoran Chicken Curry)      Origin: Comoros	Prawn, Mangetout and Cashew Nut Stir-fry      Origin: Australia
Poppy Seed Kolache      Origin: Croatia	Poulet à la Farine de Maïs (Chicken with Maize Meal Porridge)      Origin: Togo	Preiselbeere Sahnetorte (Cowberry Cream Cake)      Origin: Germany
Poppyseed Kolaches      Origin: Czech	Poulet à la N'Gatietro (Chicken in the Manner of N'Gatietro)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Pressure Cooker Chicken Korma      Origin: Fusion
Porcellum Coriandratum (Suckling Pig with Coriander Sauce)      Origin: Roman	Poulet à la Noix de Coco et aux Arachides (Chicken with Coconut and Peanuts)      Origin: Gabon	Pressure Cooker Chocolate Peanut Cheesecake      Origin: American
Porcellum Farsilem Duobus Generis (Suckling Pig, Stuffed in Two Ways)      Origin: Roman	Poulet au Beurre de Cacahuète (Chicken with Peanut Butter)      Origin: Senegal	Pressure Cooker Coconut Lamb Curry      Origin: Britain
Porcellum Hortulanum (Suckling Pig Stuffed with Garden Vegetables)      Origin: Roman	Poulet au Coco (Chicken with Coconut)      Origin: Comoros	Pressure Cooker Curried Beef Stew      Origin: South Africa
Porcellum Lasaratum (Suckling Pig Seasoned with Laser)      Origin: Roman	Poulet au Coco Antillaise (Martinican coconut chicken)      Origin: Martinique	Pressure Cooker Curried Squash      Origin: Fusion
Pork and Sage Kebabs      Origin: Britain	Poulet aux Arachides à la Togolaise (Chicken with Peanuts, Togo Fashion)      Origin: Togo	Pressure Cooker Massaman Beef Curry      Origin: Britain
Pork and Wild Food Curry      Origin: Britain	Poulet aux Arachides de Niger (Chicken with Peanuts, Niger Style)      Origin: Niger	Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: American
Pork and Yam Pepper Soup      Origin: Nigeria	Poulet aux Bananes Plantains (Chicken with Plantains)      Origin: Cameroon	Pressure Cooker Thai Red Curry      Origin: Britain
Pork Lo Mein      Origin: China	Poulet aux Bananes Plantains (Chicken with Plantains)      Origin: Madagascar	Pressure Cooker Vegetable and Coconut Curry      Origin: Fusion
Pork Sparerib Soup      Origin: Fusion	Poulet aux Maniocs (Chicken with Cassava)      Origin: DR-Congo	Prik Gaeng Panang (Panang Red Curry Paste)      Origin: Thailand
Port of Spain Crabs and Dumplings      Origin: Trinidad	Poulet Bami Calédonien (New Caledonian Chicken Bami)      Origin: New Caledonia
Potage aux Fruits de Pain (Breadfruit Soup)      Origin: DR-Congo	Poulet Colombo      Origin: French Guiana

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