Pine nuts
In Vladivostok ice cream season was opened...:)
Ice cream with Pine Nuts
Edible seeds of certain pine species - harvested for food prior to the time of ancient Rome and Greece, have been a staple in the diet of several Native American tribes in North America and indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Today pine nut continues to be harvested in many regions of the Northern hemisphere and is marketed on domestic and international markets as a gourmet product...
To read more go to:www.ringingcedars.com/materials/pinenuts-nnga.pdf
Korean pine - a tree of life
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Author of picture:G.D.Pavlishyna ( Г.Д. павлишина)
Pine Fact Summary
1. Pine nuts 28 times more earth efficient in terms of protein produced per acre than beef.
2. Research shows pine nuts to be at least 148 times more profitable than beef in terms of public lands revenue potential than grazing.
3. Millions of tax payer dollars are still being spent to deforest the pinyons, generally under fuel reduction projects.
4. Pinyon trees require up to 125 years to become mature seed produce
Read more:www.pinenut.com/about.htm
“Pine nut” denotes any of these edible nuts.
Other distinctions should be made, however, depending upon the geographical are involved.
The most common designation for nuts in Europe is “pignolia”, a term which refers to pine nuts of the Italian stone pine, grown for the most part in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and North Africa. Nuts of a different species called “pinion”, a name derived from the Spanish word for pine nut, are produced in the western United States. These pinon nuts come mainly from the Colorado pinon tree, a two-needled pine which grows wild in the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
Different varieties of pine nuts are also grown in Russia, Korea, China and Japan. In these other countries the pine nut is an important food locally, but is not commercially important. China is one of the leading exporters of pine nuts. In the United States nut trade, “pine nuts” may refer to the European pignolia, the North American pinon or the Chinese pine nut.
