ABSTRACT
Peanuts are almost always fry-or dry-roasted and salted for use as snacks. Coconut is a main ingredient in many snacks that also contain sugar, eggs, and chocolate because of its unique = avor and texture. Chestnuts are readily cooked by boiling or roasting and are not always salted like most other nuts. Pine nuts are not edible when raw; they are roasted to be eaten as snacks and used in confectionery recipes. Their delicious = avor and relative scarcity make them a high-priced commodity. Pistachio nuts are typically salted while in the shell in brine and roasted for retail sale as a snack. Those shelled and unsalted are also consumed as components in a variety of confections including ice cream and baked goods (Booth, 1990).
