What's your favorite type of raw nut?

[1love4ever]

The only raw nut that I have eaten is raw sunflower seeds, and of course they dont taste as good as the roasted and salted ones but since they have such amazing health benefits I continue to eat them, and they really dont taste that bad:)

But, since other types of nuts are more expensive I am hesitant on ordering them unless I know that they at least taste decent, so I am wondering what everyone else likes as far as raw nuts are concerned?  Hazelnuts?  Brazil nuts?  Macadamia nuts?  Cashews?  Pecans?  Pistacios?  Pine Nuts?  Walnuts?  Those are the ones I am considering.  I did not mention almonds because they are now required to be pasturized by law:(  Unless someone knows where I can get raw almonds that are unpasturized? 

I order my organic raw nuts from azurestandard.com by the way, does anyone know of another site that sells them cheaper and has decent shipping costs? 

Thanks!

[Viola]

I love raw walnuts and raw brazil nuts.  I also like raw pecans, hazelnuts and cashews.  I generally had only ever tried all those nuts raw, except for cashews.  When I had all these nuts as a kid, it was usually near Christmas when my parents would be the big bags of nuts in the shells and put them out, and we had to use nutcrackers.  So I prefer walnuts, hazelnuts and pecans raw.  Cashews are good too, they are blander than their roasted counterpart, but they are versatile.  I love english walnuts, but I think some people might think they are bland.  Pecans are sweeter than most nuts, so maybe try those first if you like pecans.  I'm not a big fan of roasted pecans, but I like them raw.

[BeckyBird]

Pecans for sure!!

Our church has several pecan trees, and every year, we collect the fallen pecans.  They are delicious raw, unlike other nuts that usually taste better roasted.