A Vote for Pecans

Legend has it that George Washington had wooden teeth, but that apparently didn't stop our first President from eating pecans. He munched them all the time. So did Thomas Jefferson. America's love affair with pecans goes way back. In fact, back to a time before there even was an America.

According to the National Pecan Shellers Association there is a lot more to pecans than pecan pie. For instance, pecan is actually an Algonquin American Indian word that translates as "all nuts requiring a stone to crack." Because the nuts grew wild, pecans became a staple food for certain American Indian tribes. Spanish colonists were among the first to cultivate pecan trees in northern Mexico. The first trees cultivated in the U.S. were in Long Island, N.Y., in 1772.

Professor Peanut

A scientist from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has developed a way to make allergen-free peanuts. The scientist, Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna, found a way to essentially inactivate peanut allergens while maintaining the taste and quality of the nuts.

Peanut and tree nut allergies are the most severe of all food allergies, affecting approximately 3 million Americans, and causing 100 -- 150 deaths from anaphylactic shock annually and many more hospitalizations. In industrialized nations, the allergy has been rapidly increasing in children, for causes that are not entirely understood.

Exercise is always good, but!

Remarkably, Gurley's nuts not only taste great, but are often healthy snacks for you as well.  The FDA claims that eating additional servings of certain nuts may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Wow! This is great. And you thought for something to taste good, it had to be unhealthy.

Pound for pound almonds are the most nutrient dense of all tree nuts. A handful of almonds a day just might keep the doctor away. So, keep active. And EAT lots of Gurley's Nuts!

Who knew this debate was on?

Question -   What is the difference between a nut and a seed. How can
you define the difference.
Some say that a nut has a hard shell, and aseed can produce a plant.
But many nuts like hazel nuts, and walnuts produce new plants, such as trees.

What is the difference? Nuts ARE seeds.  A fruit is the part of a plant that contains the seeds. 
So the nutshell is the fruit, and the nut is the seed.  Read More...