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Culinary: Go ahead and get nutty … April 14th is National Pecan Day! Compiled by Whitney Long No matter how you pronounce it just make sure to enjoy this healthy nut in all its yummy goodness. Rich in potassium, thiamine, zinc, copper, magnesium, phosphorous, niacin, folic acid, iron, and vitamin B6, pecans are also a good source of fiber. Today the tree is widely cultivated throughout Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Texas, where the pecan tree is the official state tree. A staple in kitchens across the South, check out some of The Southern C’s favorite pecan recipes: Pecan Tassie recipe (pictured above)Classic Pecan Pie                                                 Herbed Pecan Snack Mix                                   Texas Pecan Country Chicken                         Caramel Pecan Pie                                                Where to buy:Alabama: www.whaleypecan.comFlorida: www.renfroepecan.comGeorgia: www.mascotpecan.comLouisiana: www.natchitochespecans.comSouth Carolina: www.goldenkernel.comTexas: www.pottercountrystore.com Fun and nutty facts about the pecan: (www.ilovepecans.org) • Albany, Georgia, which boasts more than 600,000 pecan trees, is the pecan capital of the U.S. • It would take 144 million pecans to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.• Some of the larger pecan shellers process 150,000 pounds of pecans each day which is enough to make 300,000 pecan pies.• The U.S. produces about 80 percent of the world’s pecan crop.• The name ‘pecan’ is a Native American word of Algonquin origin that was used to describe ‘all nuts requiring a stone to crack’.• It would take a line of over 10 billion pecans to reach the moon. Ode to the Pecan: By Faith Elizabeth Brigham Gathering Pecansfond childhood memories of gathering pecans from beneath the pecan tree linger on the sweet smell of mother’s sticky buns baking in the oven PHOTO CREDIT: http://hicookery.com/tag/national-pecan-day/

Culinary: Go ahead and get nutty … April 14th is National Pecan Day!

Compiled by Whitney Long

No matter how you pronounce it just make sure to enjoy this healthy nut in all its yummy goodness. Rich in potassium, thiamine, zinc, copper, magnesium, phosphorous, niacin, folic acid, iron, and vitamin B6, pecans are also a good source of fiber.

Today the tree is widely cultivated throughout Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Texas, where the pecan tree is the official state tree. A staple in kitchens across the South, check out some of The Southern C’s favorite pecan recipes:

Pecan Tassie recipe (pictured above)
Classic Pecan Pie                                                
Herbed Pecan Snack Mix                                  
Texas Pecan Country Chicken                        
Caramel Pecan Pie                                               

Where to buy:
Alabama: www.whaleypecan.com
Florida: www.renfroepecan.com
Georgia: www.mascotpecan.com
Louisiana: www.natchitochespecans.com
South Carolina: www.goldenkernel.com
Texas: www.pottercountrystore.com
 
Fun and nutty facts about the pecan: (www.ilovepecans.org)

• Albany, Georgia, which boasts more than 600,000 pecan trees, is the pecan capital of the U.S.
• It would take 144 million pecans to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
• Some of the larger pecan shellers process 150,000 pounds of pecans each day which is enough to make 300,000 pecan pies.
• The U.S. produces about 80 percent of the world’s pecan crop.
• The name ‘pecan’ is a Native American word of Algonquin origin that was used to describe ‘all nuts requiring a stone to crack’.
• It would take a line of over 10 billion pecans to reach the moon.

By Faith Elizabeth Brigham

Gathering Pecans
fond childhood memories
of gathering pecans
from beneath the pecan tree
linger on
the sweet smell
of mother’s sticky buns
baking in the oven
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