What's Up With Pine Nuts???

[Mr. Moo]

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

That sounds great.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Harvested some basil yesterday (Aero Garden ftw) and toasted pine nuts to grind up in the pesto I made.

I may have asked you this before, but is it a good buy? I may get it for my parents for Christmas if I can swing that much. They've expressed interest.

 

[Douglas]

Late to the party here. I enjoy pine nuts, but it's probably true that they're one of those ingredients that's suddenly in vogue. My biggest problem with them is that they're farking expensive and go bad so quickly that I have the issue of buying a $5 pack of pine nuts, using a few tablespoons of them in a pesto or a salad, then finding the remaining 80% of them in my cupboard months later, stale and nasty.

Pio, does that Aerogarden throw out enough produce for a good pesto? Pesto uses so much basil I tend to need a full bush of it. It's the first I've heard of the thing but it looks sort of interesting. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[javyn]

Originally Posted by fleet on feet

i find that pine nuts on hummus go well together

I'll have to try that. I make a mean hummus. If you haven't already, try sprinkling it with sumac...delicious.

 

[nicad2000]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Late to the party here. I enjoy pine nuts, but it's probably true that they're one of those ingredients that's suddenly in vogue. My biggest problem with them is that they're farking expensive and go bad so quickly that I have the issue of buying a $5 pack of pine nuts, using a few tablespoons of them in a pesto or a salad, then finding the remaining 80% of them in my cupboard months later, stale and nasty.

Pio, does that Aerogarden throw out enough produce for a good pesto? Pesto uses so much basil I tend to need a full bush of it. It's the first I've heard of the thing but it looks sort of interesting. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Try freezing the pine nuts, they'll last almost indefinitely.

 

[oman]

**** pine nuts

i can't believe you guys had a four-page thread about pine nuts

i would re-examine your lives.