The Faux-Nuts became a major hit for those who, due to severe allergy to it, could not have terran peanuts. Well, someone decided to make a very common, delicious, treat with the faux nuts and the havenworlder-safe chocolate (Carob). Fauxnut-filled carob candies with little designs on the candy shells.
(My friend is deathly allergic to peanuts, but she's always wanted to taste what recies pieces tasted like, or peanut butter filled M&Ms were like. She can't, but she said they look really good.)
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04253-k235-peas-for-a-goober -- Anon Guest
[AN: My heart goes out to your friendo, Nonny. I can understand how awful it can be to have an allergy to something that's everywhere]
There had been other advancements before the faux-nuts. Artificial flavourings mimicking the taste but not the allergen had been used in food products before. There was even a marginally acceptable simulacrum of the humble peanut for those moments where they were important for the aesthetics of a dish.
And, like all things artificial, there were people who could tell the difference, and people who are sensitive to some of the chemicals in the makeup thereof.
When the faux-nuts were cleared for general consumption, they were an immediate hit. Several restaurants catering to the Havenworlders and the allergic alike bragged that they had them. Gardens everywhere soon dedicated a patch to growing the faux-nuts.
They were that popular.
Also, there was only so fast a plant could grow. In the right conditions, with the correct kind of soil and microbiota.
That was just the start of the movement.
In a few years, after the initial hustle for supply was fully solved, there was no need to advertise, as they were everywhere. There was a new need... to warn.
This restaurant utilises Terran Peanuts.
Because, of course, there's always some who would either flirt with danger, or crave the original legend.
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