Well, there's more to it than that. The places where they're produced also produce actual nuts. Traces of nuts may show up in the peanuts. Hence the warning.

It isn't that I didn't remember the reason. I just couldn't remember the direct URL to the explanation.

Michelle


>Michelle,
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>I think it's because peanuts are not actually nuts. They're goobers, a kind of pea.
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>It's still funny.
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>Jim E.
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>>There is actually a good reason for this. I need to get back to work, so I can't look it up now, but it's in the database at www.snopes.com if anyone cares to look.
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