Hazelnut fields, widely spread in the Black Sea coasts of Turkey, have been located within 30 km from the coast towards inland. In the western Black Sea, it starts from Zonguldak (east of İstanbul) and extends to the east over the entire Black Sea like a green strip lying between the sea and the mountains almost until the Georgian boundary. 4.000.000 people are directly or indirectly related to hazelnut which has been produced on an area of 550-600 thousand hectares in Turkey, which is a fact that boosts the socio-economic importance of hazelnut. Turkey has a distinguished place among the other hazelnut producers in the world, thanks to its high quality, and maintains its leading position in production and exportation. It has been mentioned in historical documents that hazelnut was produced 2300 years ago in the Black Sea coast on the north of Turkey and it is known that hazelnut has been exported from Turkey to other countries for the last 6 centuries. Turkey, which is one of the few countries in the world with favourable weather conditions for hazelnut production, accounts for 75% of the global production and 70-75% of the exportation.

Hazelnuts are my favorites!! Had some last night....I knew they grew in Italy but I had no idea they were also grown in Turkey.

Hazelnuts carry their own secret....Beware !

Oh come on man...do tell!!!

Invite your boyfriend home...feed him hazelnuts and and lock the doors so he cant get out....for at least three days !

Well!!! I had no idea...no wonder I love them so much

Oh, just have a look at this:
chowtimes.com/2007/03/ferrero_rocher_torte.html

Suddenly I am starving and must run home and eat hazelnuts!

Not you....the boyfriend !

Either way is good for me baby!

It grows hair on your chest...I tried to warn Ladies, but I can do no more !

Luckily I have yet to grow hair on my chest...and I put away my share of hazelnuts in Turkey. MMMM...hazelnuts. They are very expensive in the U.S.

Hazelnut Production:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x4484e/x4484e03.htm

Hazelnuts, a member of the Corylus botanical family, have been cultivated in China for more than 5,000 years. The hazel part of its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word haesel meaning a headdress or bonnet, referring to the shape of outer shell covering. Hazelnuts are reputed to be native to Asia Minor, from whence they spread to Italy, Spain, France, and Germany via Greece.

These nuts contain a wealth of oil, 88 percent unsaturated, which is pressed for use as the aromatic and delicately flavored hazelnut oil. Although it cannot be heated to high temperatures, this oil is favored by gourmets worldwide and is relatively expensive. Luckily, a little goes a long way.

http://www.fotzilla.com/foto/15363/Findik_Emretuna

I DO, I DO": MEDIEVAL MODELS OF MARRIAGE AND CHOICE OF PARTNERS IN MARIE DE FRANCE'S "LE FRAISNE"
The twelfth-century French nobility locks its sons and daughters into a power structure controlled by the patriarchal family and the hierarchical social structure. A bride-to-be has no right to choose. She is a vessel to carry a child that will inherit the land from his father and thereby ensure the continuation of the line by means of a similar marriage. A fruitful wife is most desirable to maintain the health of the system. The vassals are eager to point out to Gurun how the bride of their choice, whose name La Coldre means "hazelnut tree," is a happy portent of the lady's potential for producing heirs. The hazelnut tree is associated with fertility while the ash tree carries with it the notion of barrenness:

http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=FB333001PU832

up to now, i strongely believed in societies evolution

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3806/is_200111/ai_n9014472/pg_6

OK. weblink is working))))
Roshwita, my last post reffered to your former post with the 12th century woman. i also like to be 'educated'... As many nice posts you would put up here, please allow me to express my disregard with some of them. Every road led to Rome,they said. but not all the roads were as much enjoyable. Just as everything that is connected to painting does not necessarily mean the painter is talented.
What i found interesting was your 'historical' post involving situation of women in 12th century Europe. I would have think twice before putting it in a topic related to hazelnuts)))) and not a topic regarding evolution of societies, social structures, changes into women's life, role and .... as much as i dislike the term... rights. For me culture is more than just quotations on a certain, well delimited topic. The best education is, IMO, to learn, analyze, find connections, synthetise, then to apply all the knowledge gained. If this, cultures should really learn from other cultures experiences. Selectively, ofkors.
So, situation of women along history up to now in different cultures, or at any other time, while we, women were merely breading wessels, desreves much more attention than a topic with hazelnuts.