The Sancho And Juicehead666 Random Chat Thread!

oh yeah cool man.

 

has anyone tried this australian wine called bleasdale? it's not bad.

 

Why are pecans so expensive?

 

I guess they have to count them one by one before they're canned or bagged.

 

My yard is full of pecan trees. I can pick them up off the ground in bucket fulls.

 

But there are over 1,000 varieties of the stuff in the U.S. alone.

It should come down a bit considering.


And are pecans and walnuts the same thing?

 

I used to have a tangerine tree when I lived in the panhandle. Now I'm sad.

 

no. walnuts are much harder to crack and are larger in size.

 

They need hot, dry summers, so they're a lot more finicky than other nuts. And there's pretty high demand in other parts of the world, but they're only really grown in mass in the US. And they weren't domesticated until the 1880s so they haven't been cultivated for fast, big production as much as other trees.

Not even close.

 

I have pecan, pear, peach, apple, scufflings (don't know if that's spelled right, but they sort of look like gold grapes) plum, and just planted some banana trees. There is a wide variety around the home.

 

Georgia's the #1 pecan-producing state in the US!

 

Yeah, when I buy the deluxe mixed nuts, they say both varieties are included, but I only ever find one or the other.

They're cheating me of my choice to eat delicious savory nuts.

 

Pecans come from Hickory tree (southern US), Carya illinoinensis.

Walnuts from Walnut tree, Jughans regia.

Fuck ... I can't believe I took the effort to look this up.

 

Isn't Georgia the Peachtree State ?

 

I'd be very jealous of you, but jealousy implies I want to deprive you of what you have to substitute as my own. That is the case.

Nooo... very diverse and nice little garden. Where is it that you have the climate and space to have such great estate of fruit?

 

Yes, but it doesn't discount sj's findings of pecan-production.

 

I a different note I bought some strawberries and blueberries yesterday. I forgot cool whip though, all the stores were closed due to a holiday today.

 

I had apple, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, walnut, and maple trees/bushes in my backyard growing up. Now I'm in the city. :-|

 

I live on the edge of where Georgia and Florida meet. It's 90 degrees F outside right now. It sucks though cause we have mosquitos that like to suck our blood.

 

Stop reminiscing please... you are making me want what I lack even more.