Nuts in general are packed with nutrients. This includes pecans for sale. Native mainly to the southern United States, pecans are a type of hickory nut. They contain plant sterols, omega-6 fatty acids and antioxidants. A small handful eaten every day has been shown to lower cholesterol levels to the same standard as conventional pharmaceutical drugs. This sounds like a great excuse to eat pecan pie topped with butter pecan ice cream.
Botanically, the pecan tree is deciduous; the pecan itself is not a nut, but what is called a drupe. A drupe is a kind of fruit with a skin and a mesocarp, or flesh, surrounding a hardened endocarp which contains a seed. This seed is what we eat and what we call a nut, or a pecan. Other, more familiar, drupes include apricots, cherries, plums, nectarines, damsons and peaches.
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.
The heart of Georgia's pecan production is Albany, in the southwest portion of the state. Other goodies to come out of Georgia include cotton, rye, peaches, timber, peanuts, hogs, tobacco and poultry. One of the world's best-loved soft drinks comes from Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia also gave us Gone With the Wind, The Dukes of Hazzard and former President Jimmy Carter and his beloved brother, Billy.
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.
Iowa is probably the northernmost of the pecan-producing states. This is America's heartland. The largest producer of corn and ethanol, Iowa's other main products include hogs, soybeans, oats and cattle. Other healthy economic sectors are finance and insurance. Iowa is the only state bordered on two sides by rivers.
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.
Every November on the first full weekend, Louisiana holds a Pecan Festival. Between 60,000 and 70,000 visitors flock to the area to eat pecans and be reined over by a king and queen. The royal couple are selected the previous October in a Louisiana Pecan Festival Beauty and Beau Pageant, the sole purpose of which is to select the king and queen of the festival. You could say that pecans bring a lot of money into the state; and that ain't peanuts!
Botanically, the pecan tree is deciduous; the pecan itself is not a nut, but what is called a drupe. A drupe is a kind of fruit with a skin and a mesocarp, or flesh, surrounding a hardened endocarp which contains a seed. This seed is what we eat and what we call a nut, or a pecan. Other, more familiar, drupes include apricots, cherries, plums, nectarines, damsons and peaches.
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.
The heart of Georgia's pecan production is Albany, in the southwest portion of the state. Other goodies to come out of Georgia include cotton, rye, peaches, timber, peanuts, hogs, tobacco and poultry. One of the world's best-loved soft drinks comes from Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia also gave us Gone With the Wind, The Dukes of Hazzard and former President Jimmy Carter and his beloved brother, Billy.
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.
Iowa is probably the northernmost of the pecan-producing states. This is America's heartland. The largest producer of corn and ethanol, Iowa's other main products include hogs, soybeans, oats and cattle. Other healthy economic sectors are finance and insurance. Iowa is the only state bordered on two sides by rivers.
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.
Every November on the first full weekend, Louisiana holds a Pecan Festival. Between 60,000 and 70,000 visitors flock to the area to eat pecans and be reined over by a king and queen. The royal couple are selected the previous October in a Louisiana Pecan Festival Beauty and Beau Pageant, the sole purpose of which is to select the king and queen of the festival. You could say that pecans bring a lot of money into the state; and that ain't peanuts!
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