Most seeds come from fruit that naturally free themselves from the shell, but this is not the case in nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary. The general and original usage of the term is less restrictive, and many nuts (in the culinary sense), such as almonds, pistachios, and Brazil nuts, are not nuts in a botanical sense. Common usage of the term often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut. Nuts are an energy-dense and nutrient-rich food source.

Botanically, a nut is a fruit with a woody pericarp developing from a syncarpous gynoecium. True nuts include, for example, chestnut, hazelnut and filbert. Culinarily, the term 'nut' is used much more widely, and includes examples of drupes (such as pecans and almonds) or seeds (such as pine nuts and peanuts).

Also widely known as nuts are dry drupes, which include pecans, almonds, macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) and the water caltrop (Trapa bicornis). A drupe is an indehiscent fruit that has an outer fleshy part consisting of the exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh, which surround a single pit or stone, the endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. In a dry drupe, the outer parts dry up and the remaining husk is part of the ovary wall or pericarp, and the hard inner wall surrounding the seed represents the inner part of the pericarp.

Walnuts and hickories (Juglandaceae) have fruit that are difficult to classify. They are considered to be nuts under some definitions but are also referred to as drupaceous nuts.

In common use, a "tree nut" is, as the name implies, any nut coming from a tree. This most often comes up regarding food allergies; a person may be allergic specifically to peanuts (which are not tree nuts but legumes), whereas others may be allergic to the wider range of nuts that grow on trees.

The sweet potato arrived in Europe with the Columbian exchange. It is recorded, for example, in Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book, compiled in England in 1604.

Nuts are eaten by humans and wildlife. Because nuts generally have a high oil content, they are a significant energy source. Many seeds are edible by humans and used in cooking, eaten raw, sprouted, or roasted as a snack food, ground to make nut butters, or pressed for oil that is used in cooking and cosmetics.

Nuts used for food are a common source of food allergens. Reactions can range from mild symptoms to severe ones, a condition known as anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening. The reaction is due to the release of histamine by the body in response to an allergen in the nuts, causing skin and other possible reactions. Many experts suggest that a person with an allergy to peanuts should avoid eating tree nuts, and vice versa.

The nuts linked to from this page are: acorn; almond; beech nuts; betel nut; brazil nut; bush mango; filbert; ginkgo nut; kola nut; candlenut; cashew; chestnut; coconut; hazelnut; macadamia; ogbono; palm nut; peanut; pecan; pine nut; pistachio; walnut.

The alphabetical list of all the nut-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 2850 recipes in total:

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Saint Helena Coconut Rock Cakes      Origin: St Helena	Sancoche      Origin: Trinidad	Scotch Whisky Syllabub      Origin: Scotland
Saint Helena Ginger Beer      Origin: St Helena	Sanddorn-Muffin (Sea-buckthorn Muffins)      Origin: Germany	Scottish Christmas Bun      Origin: Scotland
Saint Kitts and Nevis Jerk Burger      Origin: Saint Kitts	Sangkhaya Fakthong (Custard Pumpkin)      Origin: Thailand	Scottish Fruit Tart with Whisky      Origin: Scotland
Saint Lucia Curried Goat      Origin: Saint Lucia	Saniyit Kufta (Baked Beef Patties)      Origin: Egypt	Scottish Jugged Hare      Origin: Scotland
Saint Lucia Jerk Seasoning Blend      Origin: Saint Lucia	Sarikayo Telor (Steamed Egg and Coconut Milk Pudding)      Origin: Indonesia	Scottish Lace Biscuits      Origin: Scotland
Saint Lucia Paime      Origin: Saint Lucia	Satay      Origin: Indonesia	Scottish Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding      Origin: Scotland
Saint Lucian Bouillon      Origin: Saint Lucia	Satay Chicken Curry      Origin: Malaysia	Scottish Oatmeal Stuffing      Origin: Scotland
Saint Vincent Black Cake      Origin: Saint Vincent	Saté ku batata (Satay with Potatoes)      Origin: Bonaire	Scottish Parkin      Origin: Scotland
Saint Vincent Chicken Pelau      Origin: Saint Vincent	Sathe Curry (Beef and Coconut Curry)      Origin: Sri Lanka	Scottish Snowballs      Origin: Scotland
Saint Vincent Curry Conch with Dumplings      Origin: Saint Vincent	Sattoo      Origin: India	Scottish Venison Pie      Origin: Scotland
Saint-Martin Pork Ribs      Origin: Saint-Martin	Sauce Arachide de Burkina Faso (Burkinabe Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Sea Beet Greens Fritters      Origin: Britain
Saint-Martin Whelk Soup      Origin: Saint-Martin	Sauce aux Arachides (Guinean Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Guinea	Sea Purslane Dhal      Origin: Britain
Saka saka (Congolese Cassava Leaves)      Origin: Congo	Sauce Blanche      Origin: France	Sea Spaghetti alla Bolognese      Origin: Fusion
Sakizli Muhallebi (Mastic Pudding)      Origin: Turkey	Sauce camelyne (Cinnamon Sauce)      Origin: England	Sea Spaghetti with Garlic and Butter      Origin: Ireland
Sala Cattabia (Potted Salads)      Origin: Roman	Sauce d'Arachide (Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Benin	Sea Spaghetti with Summer Truffles      Origin: Ireland
Sala Cattabia Apiciana (Apician Potted Salads)      Origin: Roman	Sauce d'Arachide (Beninese Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Benin	Sea-buckthorn Cheesecake      Origin: Britain
Salad Cennin, Afalau a Chnau Ffrengig (Leek, Apple and Walnut Salad)      Origin: Welsh	Sauce de Lapin (Rabbit Sauce)      Origin: Gabon	Seafood Amok      Origin: Cambodia
Salad Gwydrwymon gyda Ffenigl ac Oren (Gutweed Salad with Fennel and Orange)      Origin: Welsh	Sauce Feuilles de Manioc Camerounaise (Cameroonian Cassava Leaf Sauce)      Origin: Cameroon	Seaweed Relish      Origin: Britain
Salade de la mer (Seafood Salad)      Origin: France	Sauce Gbanbouda (Tô with Okra Sauce and Peanuts)      Origin: Guinea	Seeni Sambol (Sri Lankan Beetroot Curry)      Origin: Sri Lanka
Salara      Origin: Guyana	Sauce Koumrangan (Hibiscus Leaf Sauce)      Origin: Chad	Senegalese Vegetable Stew with Millet      Origin: Senegal
Salara Cake      Origin: French Guiana	Sauce Moundourou (Moundourou Leaf Sauce)      Origin: Chad	Sepias Elixas a Balineo (Boiled Cuttlefish from the Tank)      Origin: Roman
Salata Aswad (Sudanese Aubergine Salad)      Origin: Sudan	Sauce Sarcenes      Origin: England	Sesame Pork Stir-fry      Origin: Australia
Salata Aswad be Zabadi (Fried Aubergine Salad)      Origin: South Sudan	Sauce sarzyne (Saracen Sauce)      Origin: England	Seychelles Curry Paste      Origin: Seychelles
Salata Aswad be Zabadi (Aubergine and Yoghurt Salad)      Origin: Sudan	Sause Blaunk for Capouns Sothen (White Sauce for Boiled Capons)      Origin: England	Seychelles Fish Curry II      Origin: Seychelles
Salmagundi      Origin: Britain	Sautéed Mushrooms and Rocket      Origin: Britain	Seychellois Massalé      Origin: Seychelles
Salmon Durban Curry      Origin: Fusion	Savoury Duck      Origin: English	Sfenz (Libyan Hanukkah Doughnuts)      Origin: Libya
Salsa Caruso (Caruso Sauce)      Origin: Uruguay	Sawge y farcet (Pork Meatballs with Sage Coating)      Origin: England	Sgoniau Bricyll a Chnau Ffrengig (Apricot and Walnut Scones)      Origin: Welsh
Salsa de Abacate de Guineano (Equatorial Guinean Avocado Salsa)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Sawse Blaunche for Capouns Ysode (White Sauce for Capons)      Origin: England	Shaah (Somalian Tea)      Origin: Somalia
Salsa de Cacahuete con Pollo (Peanut Sauce with Chicken)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Sawse Madame      Origin: Britain	Shaaria (Fried Sweet Vermicelli)      Origin: Sudan-a
Salted Peanut Brittle      Origin: Britain	Sbeis Piclo Du (Black Pickling Spice)      Origin: Welsh	Shahi Chicken Korma      Origin: India
Samaki wa Kapaka (Zanzibar Grilled Fish)      Origin: Tanzania	Sbiaat      Origin: Morocco	Shahi Murgh Korma (Royal Chicken Korma)      Origin: India
Samish Mirchi Soup (Mulligatawny Soup)      Origin: India	Schenecken (Crispy Butterhorns)      Origin: Germany	Shahi Paneer      Origin: India
Samp      Origin: eSwatini	Scotch Kale      Origin: Scotland
Samsas (Sweet Nutty Samosas)      Origin: Bangladesh	Scotch Pie      Origin: Scotland

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