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I remember one Christmas, Mum telling us to keep an eye on our brother around the peanuts - they had been identified as a choking hazard. Me, as a jealous ?7? year old, deliberately turned my back - and suffered hideous pangs of guilt late into the night, despite the fact he was still alive. Like me, he didn't even like peanuts, at least not enough to eat them if there was other food available. (Note, we had a big tub of salted peanuts out every Christmas, being the only time of year children were allowed to help themselves and eat what they wanted).
Aside from that confession, I do remember that a consignment of walnuts was contaminated a couple of years ago, and people were warned off buying them in case it had gone unnoticed in previous shippings. Not sure if nuts are Christmas food in the States, but in England we always had a bowl of nuts and a nutcracker at Christmas. Walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds. Like dates - only a few were ever eaten, but we had them every year!
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