A Good Nut At 9:40Am

February 12, I went to a similar event in IAP , but this one was much more organized. They encouraged us to rub and smell the chocolate, but I skipped that step. Like the characters in Sideways , we worked hard to find unusual flavors in the chocolate pieces. Naturally, this year is no different! There are nine different varieties of truffles in white, milk, and dark chocolate.

Some find them funny, while others find them offensive, prompting at least three states to try to ban them -- unsuccessfully. But a recent case in South Carolina is fueling debate over whether these ornaments violate a state's indecency laws and if attempting to regulate them infringes on freedom of speech. The town's police chief, Franco Fuda, pulled up and asked her to remove the plastic testicles. Tice lawyered up and said that she was preparing to challenge Fuda in court. But before she could ask for a jury trial, Fuda, in a rare move, beat her to it. In the past, lawmakers in Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland and Florida have proposed legislation to ban these types of decals and other explicit bumper stickers. Even though the attempts to ban "truck nuts" have been unsuccessful, customers are still leery about their legality.

Juglans regia is known by several common names including Persian walnut, common walnut, English walnut, Carpathian walnut and Madeira nut. The natural range of this plant is from the Carpathian mountains through the middle east and into the Himalayas. Walnuts are fast growing trees that develop broad canopies reaching 18 m width and 30 m in height. It is a light-demanding species, requiring full sun to grow well.

The major difference between nuts and peanuts is that nuts grow on tress whereas peanuts grow underground. Nuts are also called tree nuts and peanuts are legumes. According to botany, a nut is a shell-covered fruit of a plant or tree. The inner part in the hard shell is called kernel which is edible.