Comments on: Fruity Monkey Nut Cookies

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:21:49 +0000

That makes sense, since India was a British colony until fairly recently.

So was the US, of course, but apparently we tossed the Brits out long before “monkey nuts” was common parlance, so we just call them plain old peanuts.

Interesting the way slang develops….

By: Martin DeMello

Martin DeMello — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:46:49 +0000

“monkey nuts” is a pretty common term in india too.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:20:41 +0000

Oh, that is cool! I had no idea, Ladylark. That makes sense as the author of the book was born in Africa, but now lives in the UK.

By: Ladylark

Ladylark — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:15:52 +0000

Heh. In the UK ‘monkey nuts’ is a fairly common term for whole unshelled peanuts. I didn’t realise it wasn’t common parlance across the pond!