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Rh Cocoanut may be purchased desiccated in packages, or as "desiccated", "long", "short", or "macaroon", in bulk from wholesale confectioners. The very long shreds of cocoanut are desirable in some candies. Fresh-grated cocoanut should be used for cocoanut cakes if obtainable.

Cocoanut oil is a very hard fat, for sale as nucoa and used in chewing-candy.

Filberts are round, about the size of a marble, and rich in fat. They are usually purchased in the shell.

Hickory nuts are like small walnuts, but the meat is difficult to remove whole from the shell, although delicious when obtained.

Peanuts are grown in larger and larger quantities in the United States, and furnish a nutritious and inexpensive food product, rich in protein and fat. They may be obtained raw or roasted, in or out of the shell. Raw peanuts are desirable in some recipes for peanut brittle.

Peanut butter is made by putting roasted peanuts through the finest cutter of the meat grinder, and may be prepared at home, or purchased in jars or in bulk by the pound.

Pecans are a particularly crisp, well-flavored nut. If they are first soaked for five hours in cold water, and then allowed to stand until dried