Comments on: Nut in our backyard — picking pine nuts

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:18:31 +0000

Mimi, I’m shocked! This is totally up your alley. I would have guessed that this is something you’ve been doing for years.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:24:00 +0000

Interesting and fun post, Liz. I confess I don’t have the patience to crack those pine nut shells – shame on me.

By: Leor

Leor — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:02:31 +0000

Pine nuts were made to be eaten — really!

The tree produces nuts that the critters love. They gather them up for the winter and bury them. Some of those critters don’t make it through the winter to enjoy the bounty, and new trees sprout up from the nuts below.

That has proved to be the most successful pine tree propogation strategy until the Keren Kayemet.

You must be quite gifted at cracking the nuts open. It seems to take quite a bit of finesse to crack them open witha rock without pulverizing them.

By: Ora

Ora — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:39:45 +0000

Went out to collect some: Look for the sooty black or boldly black striped ones – they’re more likely to be fresher and therefore still whole. The cleaner the nut shell, the longer it’s been sitting there.

Also, if I understood correctly – all pine trees have edible pine nuts, it’s just that some types might be too small to bother with.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:40:54 +0000

Thanks, Yosefa!

By: Yosefa

Yosefa — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:37:32 +0000

Wow! I will definitiely keep an eye out now. Your photography is gorgeous!

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:41:30 +0000

Isn’t it fabulous? I have to thank Leor for the idea. I bet you could find yourself some great pine trees outside the city.

By: Irene Sharon Hodes

Irene Sharon Hodes — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:41:16 +0000

Great post, Liz! Nice to know these grow around here, and the photos are great.

By: sarah

sarah — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:31:50 +0000

that’s totally cool that you picked your own pinenuts, somehow I never tried it myself I wonder how patient my kids would be with that.

By: Yael

Yael — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:29:04 +0000

Cool! And good to know that the pine nuts are not that far away;D