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Recipes | Interesting Facts | Trivia |   Edible Nuts of the World  | Nutritional Facts Trivia This is a collection of trivia that you can use to impress your friends! Do you have a favorite tidbit that you'd like to share? Just drop us a note. We'll be happy to add it to the trivia page. Almond Trivia Cocoa Butter Indian Nuts How to Store Nuts/Seeds the Inertia Nutcracker Nuts vs. Seeds - the Difference the Siberian Pine Nuts Trivial and Personal tests Leader or Risk-Taker? Strange Patterns Fun! Minigame Website Silliness on the Web Find and Old Friend     Recipes | Interesting Facts | Trivia | Nutritional Facts     Tip of the day our news is... You can take a trivial quiz and your score will pop up the moment you answer the last question. visit our gift section click here Our favorite recipes   Apple Raisin Almond Upside Down Cake 2/3 cup chopped almonds 1 cup Thompson raisins 3 pounds apples, cored, pared and thinly sliced 4 Tablespoons butter 1/2 cup brown sugar /2 cup additional brown sugar 1/4 tsp. salt dash of nutmeg or cinnamon 1 pie pastry yolk from one egg Spread butter evenly over bottom of 9-1/2" glass pie plate. Sprinkle chopped almonds evenly over bottom and arrange raisins in a ring close to the rim. Make three lines of raisins across plate bottom arranged in a wheel-spoke pattern. Using the back of a spoon, press the raisins and nuts gently down into the butter coating. Spring 2/3 cup of brown sugar evenly and press evenly into place with the bowl (back) of the spoon. Put the pie pastry over the raisin-nut-sugar base and press against pan leaving 1/2: overhanging. Fill with sliced apples. Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, flour, salt; sprinkle the mixture over the sliced apples. Dust the top with nutmeg or cinnamon. Turn the pastry edge up and flute the rim. Prick pastry with fork. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Brush the top of the pie with diluted egg yoke. Continue baking for 40 to 45 minutes. Test apples with fork; when soft, remove. As soon as the sugar syrup in the bottom of the pie plate stops bubbling, place a large serving plate over pie and carefully invert pie and plate with the design intact. More recipes Little known facts Caramel and Butterscotch are made in similar ways to toffee, as is fudge. The difference is in the degree of boiling temperature and the ways in which they are cooled. This whole process uses high-heat to convert sugar. Crystallization, graininess, and whether it is brittle or smooth are simply variations of this process. more about candy Half a century of fun The Nut Factory started in 1952 as a roaster of peanuts. We are located in Spokane, Washington. Over the years The Nut Factory has grown into a large snack food manufacturer. We ship over 400 product every day to businesses everywhere throughout the United States. Our history Other interesting web sites A Cook's Treasured Resource Has a wonderful recipe reference library Copycat Recipes Recipe Knock-offs from Famous Restaurants More links Nut and Snack Commodity Market Here is a wonderful Nut Crop information site. This site is loaded with information like explaining a heartnut unusual nut facts.