Archives for: June 2010
06/25/10
09:11:37 am by pinenut, Categories: News, Background , Tags: grading pine nuts, jumbo pine nuts, quality, us pine nuts Understanding Pine Nut Grades - AA, , Penny's Pine nuts from the US
Unless you are in the restaurant business, or the import business chances are no one ever told you about how to grade pine nuts. Grades for products are describe by the entire range of quality for a product, and the number of grades varies by commodity.… more »
06/23/10
06:16:28 am by pinenut, Categories: Welcome , Tags: american pine nuts, cheap pine nuts, cost of pine nuts, imported pine nuts, pine nut shelling and processing, price of pine nuts Why the price of pine nuts increased - the imported ones - and how to save $10 - $15 per pound
Yesterday, with the announcement of our pine nut sheller and American shelled pine nuts, we were slammed with telephone calls and orders. I wanted to post some of the common questions I was asked.Question:Why has the price of pine nuts gone up so… more »
06/21/10
04:23:13 pm by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: cost, expensive, high cost, increase, increased, kernel sheller, pine nut sheller, pine nut price increase, pine nut shelling, pinyon George Frazier's pine nut sheller : Beat the price increase of pine nuts and have fresh, safe, bitter taste free pine nuts with our pine nut shelling machine
These are freshly shelled pine nuts from Penny's Pine Nuts. They were shelled with George Frazier's pine nut sheller, which we are giving away to clients ordering 1,000 lbs or more of our Jumbo American Pinyon Pine Nuts Are these beautiful or what? We s… more »
Free Pine nut sheller machine manufactured - Goods From The Woods offers free pine nut shellers with 1,000 lb contracts
What a time to be test driving our pine nut sheller. The farmer's markets are full of basil and I can make pesto with fresh, American pine nuts on a wholesale level. I am not gloating, but celebrating at being able to cook with my pine nuts to my heart'… more »
06/15/10
06:02:41 am by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: certified wild crops, collect, commercial, gather, harvest, harvested, organic, private land, public land, sustainable, underground foods What is a Producer of Wild Crops? Harvesting wild crops is not production - oh boy! The State of California and the Washington Post have it wrong
What is a primary producer? It is a plant. Primary producers are plants or foliage that are at the beginning of every food chain/web.Stop me in my ever loving, chamomile cleaning tracks- here is a quote from today's Washington Post wrote,"technically,… more »
06/13/10
07:44:40 pm by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: american pine nut kernels, pine nut kernels, pine nut shelling, processing pine nuts, value added pine nut product from us The American Pine Nut shelling, peeling machine an update!
Friday,George and I went down to the manufacturer to see the second prototype of our pine nut sheller. I was on cloud 9. The company is absolutely the best! The general manager had done the prototype himself. Talk about community support - this company… more »
06/11/10
Nevada Pine Nut Salad from Pinon Penny
Nevada Pine Nut Salad - 3 cucumbers, peeled and diced
1 cup celery, finely sliced
Parsley, sm. Bunch minced
1 cup olives, preferably Greek, coarsely chopped
2 cups raw spinach, shredded
1 cup Jumbo Soft shelled pine nuts (shelled)
Dressing: 2 parts… more »
06/06/10
08:26:21 pm by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: cheap, domes, emergency housing, geodesic domes, pine nut peeler, pine nut sheller, shelter, temporary housing, usda While we wait for the manufacturer to finish our pine nut sheller, George designs waterproof emergency geodesic housing
I have the travel jones, I was very pleased to have a chance to meet the Under Secretary of Agriculture at the Summit last Thursday, then it was off to Wisconsin. George has been home alone building things, in between distillations on our Missouri Farm… more »
06/02/10
Beer, Coffee, Pine Nuts and Portland OR - this is good, this is not
There has been no grass growing under my feet these last three weeks and it is not for want of subject matter that there have been no updates to the pine nut blog. I had a fabulous week in Portland Or. with www.ifcae.org and a conference on Non-timber f… more »
All things pinon nut aka pine nuts from Pinon Penny
The Answers are in the land. To be of it, and it of us - this is method of Goods From The Woods
