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January 14, 2006
And thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more
We had some wild weather here yesterday, with periods of torrential downpoar (which I got caught in on the way home, whee!) and big, big winds. The last of the pecans have finally been wrenched from the trees; at times during the evening it sounded like a hailstorm with all the pecans falling on my roof. This morning I went out and collected a big bowl of them. What should I make?
Posted by jodi at January 14, 2006 01:30 PM | categories: food
Comments
Pecan tarts? Roast them with your fave seasoning for snacks? Hmmm, possibilities are there to be googled.
Posted by: Sandy at January 14, 2006 04:02 PM
Throw them at passing cars???
Posted by: Christiane at January 14, 2006 04:38 PM
Pecan pie.
Posted by: crumpet at January 14, 2006 04:50 PM
Wow! I've never seen raw pecans in the shell. The local southern specialities must abound!
Posted by: Norma at January 14, 2006 05:48 PM
Coat them with spices (there's a few different ingredients you can use to get the rub to stick to the nut)...then roast them in the oven. You can make them a little sweet and/or a little spicy. Mighty good snackin' and they make a really good salad topper, too.
Posted by: bonnie at January 14, 2006 08:22 PM
Either Choc.chip Cookies with lots of nuts or a nice pecan pie w/choc.chips in it. Just if you make the pie, don't go nuts with the nuts and add to many b/c it will be like cutting into a wood pie. Don't cook it too long and burn the nuts either. That spicey-coated salad topper isn't a bad idea. It's better then french fries on salad anyways.
Posted by: Melissa at January 15, 2006 05:42 AM
Chocolate chip Pecan Pie.
If you're going to make it, email me for the recipe and I'll dig mine up.
Posted by: Rebecca at January 15, 2006 08:09 AM
...but I would be proud to partake of your pecan pieee.
Pecan pieeeeeeee....
(Sorry. "When Harry Met Sally" was on again last night.)
Posted by: NWJR at January 15, 2006 10:18 AM
Bourbon pecan pie.
And then toast the rest of them and eat them plain. Nothing beats a fresh pecan toasted. MMmmm.
Posted by: Liz at January 15, 2006 10:56 AM
ha! what synchronicity! just today i came across a recipe for bourbon pie - something i'd never heard of before - and though the thought of baking with corn syrup has never appealed to me before, my sugar-wheat-alcohol-chocolate-and-dairy-free mouth started to water right away. lemme know if you want me to forward the recipe to you - or i'm sure you could find something similar on epicurious.com .
oooh, or another thought - sticky buns!
enjoy!
Posted by: jae at January 16, 2006 11:20 PM
Payh, to rhyme with authoritayh.
Posted by: Rachel T at January 17, 2006 04:56 PM