American Holiday Cookery - Pecans

Looking at cookbooks just now, I have decided to make two deep-dish bourbon pecan pies for Thanksgiving. My sister's hosting this year and I said I would bring a dessert. The new crop pecans are just now coming in at my local market and these are what I shall use. This made me wonder -- do Europeans and Asians grow pecans? Do they know what they are? And if they do, do they like them? I wonder if growers and jobbers in the USA ship our American pecans overseas. Can foreign DLer's clue me in and wise me up?

• It is all on Wiki.

• We don't want to look on Wiki we want answers DL style.

• Hey Irish and UKers --- know what a pecan is? BTW, it's pronounced "peh-KAHN." Don't let silly Yankees tell you it's "pee-can."

• WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE OF THIS FORUM HAVE GONE? I FEEL LONELY

  Anonymous

• I can attest to the fact that they do indeed have pecan trees in the UK. Several years ago I was there for work and was visiting a little village near Coventry and there was a huge pecan tree just behind the village church. It was off season but I asked if the tree produced a good crop and was told it did and the church would gather and sell the pecans.

• No more anecdotes about pecans from foreign (i.e., non-North American) DLers? Please, share your knowledge!

  O%20Pee

• I always thought pecans were native to North America and found nowhere else naturally in the world. Not entirely sure though...

  anon

• [quote]WE don't want to look on Wiki we want answers DL style. WTF is wrong with you? From Wikipedia: [quote]The pecan ( /pɨˈkɑːn/, /pɨˈkæn/, or /ˈpiːkæn/), Carya illinoinensis, is a species of hickory, native to south-central North America, in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz,[1][2] in the United States from southern Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana to Virginia, southwestern Ohio, south through Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Florida, and west into New Mexico. Is that fucking "DL-style" enough for you, you lazy fucking cunt?

• R8 It's the DL spin you put on the wiki quote. Can't find that anywhere

• What did you call me, R8?

• CUNTCUNTCUNTCUNTCUNTCUNTCUNTCUNT...OR ON CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, "BELOVED CUNT". I wish you CUNTS would get over yourselves at least for a little while--give everyone else a nice surprise! Either that or quit coming to what is a GAY site, quit trying to turn it into some sort of Womynland or else start your own site, if you can......

  anon

• Are you that Nebraska cunt, R11?

• Ah, love me the sweet bourbon pecan pie, OP! Classic pecan pie, too. I am getting into baking, but I try not to do it often because I'd eat the whole thing. OP, you like pecan fudge? My favorite: 4 cups sugar 4 tablespoons cocoa 2 cups whole milk 1/4 cup of good Bourbon 16 ounces whole pecans Directions: In a heavy saucepan, mix sugar and cocoa until blended. Add milk and stir until blended. Heat and slowly bring mixture to a boil. Allow mixture to boil up and dissolve sugar crystals on the sides of the pan. Boil until candy reaches the soft ball stage (230-240 degrees), stirring constantly. To test for "soft ball stage" drop a little of the candy mixture in clean, ice cold water. If you can roll it around with your finger and it holds together, it's ready. Remove from heat, and stir in bourbon. Beat mixture with a spoon, stirring briskly until the candy starts to crust around the sides of the saucepan and the mixture thickens considerably. Pour into a buttered 9x13 glass dish. Allow to cool slightly and cut into squares. Press a whole pecan into the top of each square.

  Edga

• Wow, that pecan fudge sounds great. I am a little scared of making fudge and the "soft ball stage," but I think I'll have to try this.

  Yes%20I%20am%20fat.

• One of the reasons pecans are not cheap is because China loves American pecans. Our 2 trees are just beginning to drop their nuts. I'm competing with the squirrels. The bottom of the trees are wrapped in tin, so the critters can't climb the trees. I've probably picked up 3 gallons of them so far.

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• R Frenchies, Deutchies, and Swissies pecan eaters?

• I shall use the pecans from my pecan tree.

• Georgia has the best pecans.

• I miss my grandmother's pecan pralines. She made them at Christmas and gave them as presents.

• [quote]1/4 cup of [bold]good[/bold] Bourbon This HAS to be an Ina recipe.

• You guys crack me up. How are pecans grown in GA better than others? I've never noticed any variation in pecans other than size.

• Pecan recipes. Some of these look quite tasty.

  http://basspecan.com/recipes/

• Oooh, ooh, oooh! Gonna try this as a Thanksgiving side salad.

  http://basspecan.com/recipes/2011/05/pecan-grape-salad/

• Pecans -- little kernels of joy...