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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Pine nut prices
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 02:29:05 EDT
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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? Since they are used extensively in Lebanese cuisine,
> I would not be surprised if this was the reason.)
> 
> Regards, Will

I have heard that pine nuts harvests are cyclical.  That is, there is a
bumper crop every four years.  We are probably at the end of a four year
cycle right now.

Not all pine nuts come from the Middle East.  A lot of them around here
come from Arizona.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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