HAZELNUTS

1. HAZELNUTS POWER POINT BY HAYLEY

2. HAZLENUTS • A hazelnut is the nut of the hazel tree, and is also known as cobnut or filbert nut according to species. • The hazelnut seed has a thin, dark brown skin, which is sometimes removed before cooking.

3. HISTORY In 1995, evidence of large-scale Mesolithic nut processing, some 9,000 years old, was found in a midden pit on the island of Colonsay in Scotland.

4. This is the thin, dark brown skin, which can be removed before cooking. This is the seed underneath the thin, dark brown skin .If you crack this shell it has this inside.

5. Whare are hazelnuts produce? • Hazelnuts are produced in commercial quantities in Turkey, Italy, Greece, Georgia, in the south of the Spanish region of Catalonia, in the UK county of Kent and in the American states of Oregon and Washington. • Turkey is the largest producer of hazelnuts in the world with approximately 75% of worldwide production.

6. TOP TEN COUTRIES With the hazel nut imports

7. This is when you crack the x2 shells! You can eat these!

8. Hazelnuts on top of cupcake. Yum!! Looks nice

9. Other interesting facts about hazelnuts • Hazelnuts are also used for livestock feed, as are chestnuts and acorns. • Hazelnuts are harvested annually in mid-autumn. As autumn comes to a close, the trees drop their nuts and leaves .Most commercial growers wait for the nuts to drop on their own, rather than use equipment to shake them from the tree. • Four primary pieces of equipment are used in commercial harvesting: the sweeper, the harvester, the nut cart and the forklift.

10. THE END THE END PS Hazelnut is my nickname 

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