pine nuts!!

[ezzpete]

today i was walking around on the hillside above 3 levels, and within about 15 minutes, i picked up a whole pocket full of pinion nuts. they're pretty good, and bigger than the ones i've seen in stores. they're all over the place, it's cool!!!

what wasn't cool, is i was also up by what i think people call "helicopter hill", and there was a bunch of new trash dumped there. on huge pile looked like yardsale leftovers. another looked like trash from a party, and some Union Bank of California bank statements belonging to someone named A----- L-----. very uncool!!!

[Bud]

Sounds like a sequel to Alice's Restaurant where the found his name on an envelope at the bottom of a hll

[Hillbillies]

[gypsywolf]

Here's a funny little story about pine nuts..

My hubby and I were in Canyon de Chelly a couple of weeks ago. We were on a tour of the canyon when a fellow tourist offered us some pine nuts that she had just purchased from a local.

Me, being a pesto fanatic, couldn't wait to try the locally gathered nuts. We both popped them in our mouths and noticed that they were VERY crunchy and had a very woodsy taste to them. It was almost overpowering

I mentioned how crunchy there were, and the nice lady who gave them to us explained how they were in a shell and we had eaten the whole thing. She asked me if I had noticed how brown they were as opposed to being white. I said I had noticed, but it hadn't registered.

Moral of the story:  Pine nuts definietly taste better shelled!

[ezzpete]

they're laying all over the ground under the trees! it looks like the pine cones just exploded 'em all over the place. and they're definatly best shelled.

[ForestGal]

today i was walking around on the hillside above 3 levels, and within about 15 minutes, i picked up a whole pocket full of pinion nuts.

Where is 3 levels?  This sounds like an easy way to gather the nuts.  Those cones are so sappy that it's difficult to get the nuts if you have to pry them out.

[Nolena]

I'll go with you on the nut-collecting. An afternoon?

[KW]

My dog likes to eat those nuts; I haven't noticed any adverse affects. Do you think it's okay?

[Nolena]

They're fine. People and animals have been eating them for endless years. I haven't heard anything bad.

[RobertW]

[Stitches]

I love these nuts.   Always have and used to make my own pesto.   I don't anymore because I can't find reasonable priced basil.   Hillbilly, where do you get your basil?     I miss making and using my pesto.

I have to laugh when I look at the price of a little jar of pine nuts.   The same laugh that I laugh when I see Michael's selling pine cones.

[Nolena]

You can easily grow your own basil in pots. I have quite a few plants. Just plant them in succession so they don't all mature and kick the bucket at once.

I'd be able to go nuts Thursday afternoon.

[WWMtnGal]

I love pine nuts!  They are so expensive in the store but it can be a lot of work gathering enough to make pesto with them. 

[Hillbillies]

You can easily grow your own basil in pots. I have quite a few plants. Just plant them in succession so they don't all mature and kick the bucket at once.

I'd be able to go nuts Thursday afternoon.

We have grown basil this way too.  Right now my herb garden is pretty bare.  All I have is some oregano and tarragon.

To save a few bucks, you can also make pesto with walnuts. 

[WWMtnGal]

Now that sounds wonderful Hillbilly, I have never tried that but a good sounding alternative!

[Wrightwood]

A few years back while doing some family research I found that pine nuts have a reputation as an aphrodisiac.

Galen, a Greek of the second century AD, preached that a mixture of pine nuts, honey and almonds taken before bedtime three consecutive evenings might produce desirable effects and stimulation of the libido!

100g pine nuts contain 31g protein, the highest of all the nuts and seeds.

[2CatMama]

[Stitches]

[Hillbillies]

One srping we bought basil to transplant.  I planted them in with my tomato bed.  They took off like weeds!

[ForestGal]