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Where Pecans For Sale Come From

By Coleen Torres


Nuts of all kinds have loads of nutritional value. Pecans for sale are no exception. These tasty, hickory morsels grown in the deep southern United States contain antioxidants, plant sterols and omega-6 fatty acids. Eating a small handful every day can help to reduce cholesterol as well as some cholesterol-fighting pharmaceuticals. Scientists have not yet commented on whether butter pecan ice cream or pecan pie fulfill this important function.

Biologically speaking, the pecan is a drupe and not a nut. A drupe is a type of fruit that has a seed surrounded by a hard shell, a fleshy medium layer and a skin. Unlike other drupes like the peach, apricot, cherry, plum, damson and nectarine, pecan "seeds" may be eaten.

The seeds of the pecan drupe have a sweet, buttery taste. They may be eaten fresh or cooked into pies and other sweet desserts. Pecan is an Algonquin word meaning a "nut that you need to crack with a rock". Burned, the wood is used to flavor barbecued meat. Pecan tree wood is good for furniture-making and for making into hardwood flooring.

Albany, in the southwest of Georgia, is the center of this state's production of this delightful nut. Other Georgian delicacies include peaches, peanuts, cotton, rye, timber (especially pine), tobacco, hogs and poultry. Atlanta, Georgia, is the home of one of America's (and the world's) favorite cola drinks. Georgia also gave us President Jimmy Carter, the novel, "Gone With the Wind, " and "The Dukes of Hazzard."

The Heart of Dixie, Alabama, the yellowhammer state, is also a pecan producing state. Also from the Cotton State come sorghum, soybeans and peanuts. Roughly 20 million tourists visit Alabama every year. Of these, about 100,000 come from abroad, i. E., Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. The first rocket ship that carried man to the moon; that was made by Alabama workers.

The northernmost state where pecan trees may be found is Iowa, the heartland of America. Other major products include corn and ethanol, but the state also products soybeans, oats, cattle and hogs. Non-agricultural sectors that bring in capital to the state are insurance and finance.

Louisiana gives us the New Orleans Saints, Mardi Gras, the Superdome and the praline, a gooey delicacy made from the blessed pecan. It also has a complex and fascinating geological history. With a strong French heritage, Louisiana models its electoral practices after those in France.

The Louisiana Pecan Festival Beauty and Beau Pageant is an annual event held every October. The aim is to crown a king and queen to reign over the Pecan Festival itself, which runs over the first full weekend in November of each year. The event attracts between 60,000 and 70,000 visitors a year. The amount of tourist dollars the festival brings to the state sure isn't peanuts!




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