Nuts grow on trees, and many have called nuts “tree eggs.”

“Nuts are just hard to crack tree eggs” was posted on Twitter by April Younglove on May 5, 2008. “Nuts are just tree eggs” was posted on Twitter by Velvet Punderground on September 20, 2013. “Nuts are tree eggs” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on April 26, 2017. “Nuts are tree eggs” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on October 23, 2020.

“Fruits are just tree eggs” is a similar saying.


Twitter
April Younglove
@ayounglove
Nuts are just hard to crack tree eggs.
4:57 PM · May 5, 2008·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Fred McLaren
@EnglishDrummer
Has anyone ever noticed that nuts are basically just tree eggs? They even come in shells. Nuts.
11:11 AM · Feb 1, 2011·Twitter for BlackBerry®

Twitter
Nick Olson
@nicholfritz
Nuts are such a strange food, it’s like you’re eating tree eggs.
6:33 PM · Feb 28, 2011·TweetCaster

Twitter
elk
@thebandelk
Is a nut a tree egg?
5:34 AM · Apr 13, 2013·Twitter for Windows Phone

Twitter
Velvet Punderground
@goy_division
Nuts are just tree eggs.
2:59 PM · Sep 20, 2013·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Tanuki’s Revenge
@TanukisRevenge
Do vegans even realize nuts are just tree eggs?
5:35 PM · Nov 24, 2013·Twitter for iPhone

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Robin Gillham
@RobGham
Nuts are tree eggs
12:29 PM · Feb 10, 2014·Twitter for Android

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Kara Whatshername
@karametts
Nuts are just tree eggs
4:17 PM · Jan 15, 2015·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
𝕿𝖔𝖓𝖞 𝕸𝖊𝖜𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉
@mewblood
Nuts are just tree eggs
9:42 PM · Nov 28, 2015·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
James Shakeshaft
@JamesShakeshaft
Just realised nuts are tree eggs.
5:02 PM · Mar 12, 2017·Twitter for Android

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/anon9541 April 26, 2017
Nuts are tree eggs.
COMMENTS
captaincrunchcracker
That means peanut butter is egg salad.

Twitter
Glitch / Astra • #BLM
@OhNoItsGlitch
nuts and fruits are tree eggs
7:50 PM · Jan 10, 2019·TweetDeck

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Tyler Kent Willis
@tyler_kw
Fruits and nuts are just tree eggs
6:47 PM · Nov 19, 2019·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Marlene Rivera
@MarleneRivera
Nuts are just tree eggs
8:49 PM · Jul 10, 2020 from New Braunfels, TX·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Mavyn1 October 23, 2020
Nuts are tree eggs
COMMENTS
CentrePeace
Nuts don’t hatch

Twitter
Darla Munroe
@darla_der
Nuts are basically tree eggs.
1:22 PM · Nov 4, 2020·Twitter for iPhone