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Stern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut crop

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How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut crop

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Stern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Pecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.
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    Pecan pie is insanely good.

    Used to call em squirrel brains as a kid.

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    I wonder if chestnuts would factor into this if they hadn’t suffered from a blight. They are pretty tasty also, but have a different type of shell.

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      I was going to say: “only remaining major nut crop”, because our great grandparents let the previous one go extinct.

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        They’re still around! But they don’t grow like they used to. You can find fruiting ones, and they aren’t expected to go extinct (supposedly) because of their growth habits.

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          Cool! I thought that they had gone functionally extinct, with no more fruiting ones, only endlings

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    Pecans are what walnuts wish they could be.

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