Monday, February 25, 2008
We Buy Pecans
Pecans; how do you pronounce the name of this delectable nut? Apparently south easterners say P(a)cans and deep southerners say P(ee)cans. Northerners, we are on our own!!! Pecans are a big business in the south. Signs reading WE BUY PECANS are frequent and common.
The signs themselves can vary from very formal commercial designs on specially printed signboards to rough, hand written or hand scratched versions tacked onto walls, tree trunks, light poles, barn walls, fences, fence posts or any other convenient space that would hold the message. The balance between the number of signs saying we buy Pecans and we sell pecans was unclear.
Splendid groves of tall and graceful pecan trees are abundant and bountiful along the farm roads, highways and byways. Traveling in January and February, we were too late to see the trees in production season. The branches were bare. Pecan trees are tall with slender trunks and lacey, long branches reaching straight to the sky. The growing season ends in mid to late fall.
Our friends in Austin blessed us with a grocery bag full of pecans from their grandmother’s tree. When questioned about giving away too many nuts, they produced a very large shopping bag full of pecans. Of course, we ran right out to buy a nutcracker for the RV kitchen.
Here are some facts about pecans that I learned from Leigh and Patrick and through research on the Internet.
“Native Americans enjoyed the flavor and taste of the pecans. The name is Indian for paccan or a nut with a shell so hard it must be cracked with a stone.”
Types of pecans include THE PAWNEES, CHOCKAWS , CHEYENNES, AND KIOWAS but there are about 500 varieties. The best-known uses for pecans include pecan pie, pecan rolls and pecan pralines—sweet tooth addicts love ‘em.
Nutritional studies have revealed that pecans can lower blood cholesterol levels and contain antioxidant properties. They consist of over 19 vitamins and minerals and contain the types of fat that are heart-healthy—monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. But before you consume a fist full of pecans, remember they contain the least amount of protein and the most fat along with macadamia nuts. Does anyone have a favorite Pecan Pie recipe??
The signs themselves can vary from very formal commercial designs on specially printed signboards to rough, hand written or hand scratched versions tacked onto walls, tree trunks, light poles, barn walls, fences, fence posts or any other convenient space that would hold the message. The balance between the number of signs saying we buy Pecans and we sell pecans was unclear.
Splendid groves of tall and graceful pecan trees are abundant and bountiful along the farm roads, highways and byways. Traveling in January and February, we were too late to see the trees in production season. The branches were bare. Pecan trees are tall with slender trunks and lacey, long branches reaching straight to the sky. The growing season ends in mid to late fall.
Our friends in Austin blessed us with a grocery bag full of pecans from their grandmother’s tree. When questioned about giving away too many nuts, they produced a very large shopping bag full of pecans. Of course, we ran right out to buy a nutcracker for the RV kitchen.
Here are some facts about pecans that I learned from Leigh and Patrick and through research on the Internet.
“Native Americans enjoyed the flavor and taste of the pecans. The name is Indian for paccan or a nut with a shell so hard it must be cracked with a stone.”
Types of pecans include THE PAWNEES, CHOCKAWS , CHEYENNES, AND KIOWAS but there are about 500 varieties. The best-known uses for pecans include pecan pie, pecan rolls and pecan pralines—sweet tooth addicts love ‘em.
Nutritional studies have revealed that pecans can lower blood cholesterol levels and contain antioxidant properties. They consist of over 19 vitamins and minerals and contain the types of fat that are heart-healthy—monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. But before you consume a fist full of pecans, remember they contain the least amount of protein and the most fat along with macadamia nuts. Does anyone have a favorite Pecan Pie recipe??
# posted by Ann Carol @ 6:05 PM 
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