What's Up With Pine Nuts???

Gus · Sep 30, 2009

WTF's the deal with pine nuts on everything now? Pizza, salad, pasta. They get mushy when cooked, they have virtually no flavor. Why even have them? Hey chefs, can't you put something GOOD on my food please????

OK, I'm finished.

romafan · Sep 30, 2009

toast them first, and only put in/on at the end....

The Snob · Sep 30, 2009

word.

they do have some flavour. sadly, it's a flavour i really despise.

MetroStyles · Sep 30, 2009

Originally Posted by romafan

toast them first, and only put in/on at the end....

That's what she said.

why · Sep 30, 2009

It's like salmon: an easy way for restaurants to make people think they're getting something special when they're really not. Philistines eat it up.

gomestar · Sep 30, 2009

I keep a jar in the fridge and often throw some on pasta at the end of cooking. I like the added texture.

itsstillmatt · Sep 30, 2009

I always figured everybody else liked them. I generally don't like nuts, or things with nut like texture (are pine nuts really nuts,) so I've not been a fan.

GrillinFool · Sep 30, 2009

Originally Posted by romafan

toast them first, and only put in/on at the end....

Listen to Romafan. He knows things...

sonick · Sep 30, 2009

Originally Posted by iammatt

I always figured everybody else liked them. I generally don't like nuts, or things with nut like texture (are pine nuts really nuts,) so I've not been a fan.

+1 not a fan of nuts in general here either... Goes ok in salad, i guess, since you get the crunch but not the taste/texture.

Flambeur · Sep 30, 2009

Love pine nuts

Piobaire · Sep 30, 2009

Yeah, toast 'em. I'm a Philistine, as I think they have their uses. On some types of salads, some types of pasta, and I use toasted ones for making homemade pesto (Philistines love making home made pesto, from basil leaves they grew themselves).

Oh yeah, to beat people to the punch: I have a tattoo on my calf.

romafan · Sep 30, 2009

a (very) good one: roman(?

) spinach: clean & wilt a bunch of spinach. saute 5 sliced(tiny)/crushed garlic cloves in olive oil. add spinach& stir. add some soaked currants. stir. add toasted pine nuts, stir & serve

AntiHero84 · Sep 30, 2009

Originally Posted by Flambeur

Love pine nuts

+1

I used to hate them, but dating an Italian will expose you to many different ways to prepare food you think you would hate.

Pine nuts are awesome on cookies. I have no idea how to spell it, I think it's pignioli nut cookies.

itsstillmatt · Sep 30, 2009

Originally Posted by romafan

a (very) good one: roman(?

) spinach: clean & wilt a bunch of spinach. saute 5 sliced(tiny)/crushed garlic cloves in olive oil. add spinach& stir. add some soaked currants. stir. add toasted pine nuts, stir & serve
I love this. I think it is even better if you substitute bitter greens.

why · Sep 30, 2009

I think the issue is their ubiquity, not their flavor.

What's Up With Pine Nuts???

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