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How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut crop (theconversation.com)
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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Pecan pie is insanely good.

Used to call em squirrel brains as a kid.

[–] rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if chestnuts would factor into this if they hadn't suffered from a blight. They are pretty tasty also, but have a different type of shell.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was going to say: "only remaining major nut crop", because our great grandparents let the previous one go extinct.

[–] rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They're still around! But they don't grow like they used to. You can find fruiting ones, and they aren't expected to go extinct (supposedly) because of their growth habits.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Cool! I thought that they had gone functionally extinct, with no more fruiting ones, only endlings

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Pecans are what walnuts wish they could be.