Re: Heartwarming Behind the Scenes Reactions

Edna Pearl wrote:
That sounds fucking awesome! Thank you!

Bruce and I have been trying to perfect the fantastic sauteed asaparagus with rosemary you served us. We can't get the delightful, dark texture and flavor your gave us. But we have added finely chopped pecans to the saute', and we love of the result. We had a bountiful pecan crop last year, several pounds of the meat of which are safely preserved in airtight, temperature controlled. Do you have any use for some pecan meat? We'd be glad to send you some. I know how expensive it is in some parts of the country, while we can barely get two bits a pound for the whole nuts, here.

This year's pecan crop may not be as good. Tropical Storm Fay is sweeping a bit of wind across us today. And we're grateful -- the winds of a nice mild TS or Cat 1 hurricane serve to trim the pecan trees a bit, making it that much less likely they will fall if a more serious blow arrives later in hurricane season. But it does tend to decimate the pecan crop.


This is the 5th summer we've lived in this house and the pecan tree hasn't done squat for us. I'm so BUMMED!

The first year, we moved in right after the pecans were ready, but they were already falling and the previous owners just let them lie on the ground and rot. We tried to gather what we could, but they were so mixed in with the rotting ones that we finally gave up and tossed all of them.

The second year, a series of bad storms knocked them all down long before there was anything to harvest. Then we had two years of severe drought. The pecans inside were just shriveled up and dry. YUK! We do water, but this tree is HUGE and there's no way we could water it ENOUGH.

I'm afraid to look this year. I haven't heard hubby complaining about pecans on the ground when he mows, but the branches aren't sagging like they usually are when there's pecans, so maybe they all got knocked off early in the season. :( I'd sure love to have some fresh pecans. I cook with them all the time. One of my favorites is to put them in my homemade pesto in lieu of pine nuts. DELICIOUS! Oh, and they're really good in a yummy rice dish I make....


Cindy
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