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    They were supposedly named after a Frankish abbot, and they seemed to be a big hit at the Globe Theatre. What do they have to do with a very old Chinese document?

    Question #57025. Asked by peasypod. (May 02 05 6:25 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Filberts or hazelnuts, peasy. My beloved "nocciola." Supposedly named after St. Philibert and mentioned as sacred in a Chinese manuscript of 2838 B.C.E.

    Yum!

    http://www.thenutfactory.com/kitchen/facts/facts-filberts2.html

    May 02 05, 7:14 PM
    peasypod

    		Nice One babe, but for the Golden Banana, how's about the Shakespere reference?

    May 02 05, 7:22 PM
    lanfranco

    		Very old hazelnut shells (400 years old or so) have been found on the site of the Globe.

    http://www.evergreenorchards.com/shells.html

    May 02 05, 7:31 PM
    peasypod

    		Ok, well done, yes, the audiences shoved the hazelnuts down not unlike moviegoers today with their popcorn. The Shakespeare connection was "The Taming of the Shrew" which has a suitor refer to his love: "Kate, like the hazel twig is straight and slender and brown in hue as hazelnuts and sweeter than the kernels." A bit obscure yes, I know.

    Golden banana on its way...

    May 02 05, 7:40 PM
    lanfranco

    		I can send a venturous fairy to fetch you some new nuts.



    May 02 05, 8:00 PM

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