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>Do you happen to know which nuts and seeds are "old world" foods, in
>particular, do you know the status of sesame and sunflower seeds and
>macadamia nuts?

walnuts ,filberts, pine nuts , pistachios, almonds are old world (
europe
and eastern mediterranean) , sesame is african , sunflower is north
american
Macadamia from australia
jean-claude