Where To Find Pecans For Sale

By Coleen Torres


Nuts of all kinds have loads of nutritional value. Pecans for sale are no exception. These tasty, hickory morsels grown in the deep southern United States contain antioxidants, plant sterols and omega-6 fatty acids. Eating a small handful every day can help to reduce cholesterol as well as some cholesterol-fighting pharmaceuticals. Scientists have not yet commented on whether butter pecan ice cream or pecan pie fulfill this important function.

Biologically speaking, the pecan is a drupe and not a nut. A drupe is a type of fruit that has a seed surrounded by a hard shell, a fleshy medium layer and a skin. Unlike other drupes like the peach, apricot, cherry, plum, damson and nectarine, pecan "seeds" may be eaten.

The seeds from the pecan drupe have a buttery, sweet taste and may be eaten just as they are or cooked and integrated into recipes. Desserts are the most common recipes that use pecans but there are others. Native to the American south, pecan trees are also native to Mexico. The very word, pecan, means you need a rock to crack it. We do not know the Algonquin word for sledgehammer. The wood from the pecan tree may be burned and used for fuel to smoke meats. It is also used in hardwood flooring and in furniture.

Georgia is one of the American states that we have to thank for our pecan delicacies. They are grown mainly in the southwest part of the state in Albany. Other products of the Peach State are, well, peaches, as well as pine timber, tobacco, cotton, peanuts, rye, poultry and hogs. Georgia is famous for the Dukes of Hazzard, Gone With the Wind and former President Jimmy Carter.

The Heart of Dixie, Alabama, the yellowhammer state, is also a pecan producing state. Also from the Cotton State come sorghum, soybeans and peanuts. Roughly 20 million tourists visit Alabama every year. Of these, about 100,000 come from abroad, i. E., Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. The first rocket ship that carried man to the moon; that was made by Alabama workers.

The northernmost state where you can find pecan trees is Iowa, the heartland of America. Iowa is the nation's largest producer of corn and ethanol. Its other exports include oats, soybeans, hogs and cattle. Major non-economic contributors to the state's economy are the insurance and finance industries. Iowa is the only state bordered by a river on two sides.

Louisiana is another pecan-growing state. Along with the treasured nut, this state has the New Orleans Saints, the Superdome, Mardis Gras and a fascinating geological history. Louisiana is also the only state to model its state and local election practices on modern France. New Orleans is also the home of the praline, a sweet delicacy made from, you guessed it, pecans.

Two months out of each year, October and November, are spent preparing for the annual Pecan Festival. First, in October, the Louisiana Pecan Festival Beauty and Beau pageant is held to name a king and queen to rein over November's Pecan Festival. Between sixty and seventy thousand people attend every year. The amount of tourist dollars they bring in could hardly be described as peanuts.




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