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Post by cortona on Nov 22, 2011 11:37:53 GMT -5
toothpaste is a good idea;-) i wil try it net spring wen i have basil again;-)
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Post by steev on Nov 22, 2011 20:11:31 GMT -5
I don't know that pesto for toothpaste will get me whiter teeth, but I may get kissed by more discerning women.
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Post by blueadzuki on Nov 23, 2011 6:42:17 GMT -5
I don't know that pesto for toothpaste will get me whiter teeth, but I may get kissed by more discerning women. You remind me of a poem I learned as a child "Although he did not like the taste George brushed hist teeth with pickle paste Not ever was his mouth so clean Not ever were his teeth so green." Arnold Lobel Though pesto may be good for you teeth anyway; From what I have read, it was orginally invented by the Genovese as an anti-scurvey supply for ships. |
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Post by steev on Sept 25, 2013 20:49:41 GMT -5
The Italian Stone Pines I planted out last Winter have fared well, in spite of the droughty Spring and the pastured horses eating all the mulch I'd put around the deer-cages, even the macerated paper; I suppose they've hoofed up an equivalent "dust-mulch". In any event, I've another half dozen of those pines to put out this Winter, and must expand the cages on the established ones.
Think I'd have preferred pesto on my seabiscuit to sucking on a lime.
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Post by blueadzuki on Sept 26, 2013 9:44:18 GMT -5
Just in case it is of interest I will point out there are a few other food products you can get off a pine besides the nuts (though since most of them involve picking the cones pre-ripeness, it's really more of an either/or situation, handy if you live somewhere where your cones won't ripen (don't know of such a place, but it probably exists) but in terms of food value your probably better off with the nuts. Some parts of Italy make syrup out of green stone pine cones(no I don't know HOW you make it, just that it is made) . I've had it tastes a little like blueberries. Might come in hand if you need to thin (plus if you develop a taste for it you can also rest secure in the knowledge that by making it yourself you are not paying the $40 per ounce the one company I know of that imported it charged for it. And of course there is Zirbenz That being an alpine product is usually made of Swiss Stone pine, but I imagine Italian should work as well. Hey, there's a distillery somewhere in Oregon making eau-de-vie out of Douglas fir buds. not that I recommend the stuff, it tastes like Pine-Sol (give me spruce beer any old day!)
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Post by templeton on Oct 15, 2013 19:58:51 GMT -5
Araucaria bidwillii for a really big pine nut...http://www.ozpolitic.com/gardening/trees/bunya.html has a bit of info
Cones the size of a football, nuts as big as your thumb.
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Post by raymondo on Oct 16, 2013 5:57:06 GMT -5
Araucaria bidwillii for a really big pine nut...http://www.ozpolitic.com/gardening/trees/bunya.html has a bit of info Cones the size of a football, nuts as big as your thumb. T You must have pretty big thumbs T. The nuts are way bigger than my thumbs, even taken together! |
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Post by richardw on Oct 16, 2013 13:16:31 GMT -5
Wow they are huge,anyone one tried eating them?
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Post by raymondo on Oct 16, 2013 15:03:08 GMT -5
Richard, they were a very popular food among the Aboriginal population with huge gatherings of different tribes at harvest time. The trees are so large (30 - 45 m) that commercial orchards haven't really taken off so the nuts aren't as common as they deserve to be. I've only eaten them in already prepared foods but both flavour and texture are very good. Here's a (stolen) image of some nuts:  |
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Post by templeton on Oct 16, 2013 15:13:52 GMT -5
Araucaria bidwillii for a really big pine nut...http://www.ozpolitic.com/gardening/trees/bunya.html has a bit of info Cones the size of a football, nuts as big as your thumb. T You must have pretty big thumbs T. The nuts are way bigger than my thumbs, even taken together! Been a while since I've seen any, Ray - you're right, they're way bigger! T |
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Post by ilex on Oct 18, 2013 14:05:07 GMT -5
lots of italian pinenuts here(herrr probably because i live in italy.....)anybody have some seeds of other pinenuts pine? it can be a sloooow process but add food plants around here is ever a good thing! Grafting makes them fruit much faster, specially if you select the proper genetics. There's a book about this: "Puesta en valor de los recursos forestales meditarráneos : el injerto de pino piñonero (Pinus pinea L.)" by "Junta de Andalucia". There are a couple more papers regarding this on the net. |
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Post by ilex on Oct 25, 2013 8:48:00 GMT -5
Old way:
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Post by raymondo on Oct 25, 2013 15:28:06 GMT -5
They must have condisered them an important crop, unless of course it was just a chance for the lads to impress the lassies!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 21:20:05 GMT -5
I've harvested a couple cones for pine nuts, which were about half the size of an almond, and now have a couple of window boxes full of seedlings.
I'm not an expert at ID'ing them, but I know that the ones that make the nuts are shaped more like a balloon or umbrella. This tree litters the sidewalk, every so often.
I thought the were easy to open with soft taps and a wooden mallet.
I'll have to keep a lookout for more, now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 21:23:25 GMT -5
I knew that Auricarias make a nut, but have never seen them in perspective. Cool.
I've seen them, when I traveled to Washington state, apparently a traditional thing to plant around Victorian homes.
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