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From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Pine nuts
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Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 14:35:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  5 14:35:41 1985
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> Recent comments on PBS cooking shows, the net, and in cooking magazines,
> lead me to have the impression that pine nuts are quite expensive these
> days. 
> Have they shot up in price over the past "n" years? Anybody have any
> data as to why this happened? (For example, was their main source in
> Lebanon, and the chaos and fighting there dried up the supply or
> prevented shipping? )
> Are there other sources under development? (I would assume that there
> would be a long lead time for a pine nut plantation to come up to
> productive capacity, since trees do take a while to mature.) Where?
> Regards, Will
I recall seeing a PBS show about Indian life in Utah & thereabouts, with
much info on all the kinds of baskets they weave (some carry water!), etc.
They also showed them harvesting and preparing pine nuts, a very time-
consuming, labor-intensive process.  I assumed at the time that the reason
for their expense was that, like wild rice, the plant to market path 
required a good deal of effort.  Still, you don't need pounds of them...
Nemo
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