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["Lucky.Pittman" <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

>===== Original Message From North American Fruit Explorers
>I am wondering if anyone has first-hand experience with Korean pine nuts, or
>any of the edible pine nuts.  How productive are the trees, how tasty are
>the nuts and how difficult are they to prepare for eating?

I have a friend who lives in the Reno NV area, and from time to time,  he 
sends me 5-10 lbs of pinyon pine nuts, and I send him hickory nuts or pecans 
in return.
Fairly tasty little morsels, though they're not a favorite with anyone in my 
family.  I've eaten them raw, roasted them, boiled in brine(like peanuts) and 
then dried in the oven - like salted in-the-shell peanuts.  I think the 
latter 
is my preferred method of preparation.  
Some have enough enough of a 'resin' flavor, that some of my friends refuse 
to 
eat them anymore.

Lucky