In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> "Jean B." wrote:
> >
> > Interesting about TJ's. I seem to recall that they had stopped
> > getting items from China (unless they were components in something
> > else).
>
> Yes, they did. And pine nuts were still available
> after that. I don't remember for sure, but I think
> their pine nuts were from Peru, shortly before they
> were discontinued.
>
> It could be after the massive almond crisis, they
> decided to phase-out nuts that had any safety issue,
> and pine nuts would qualify for that, in spades.

Well, if it was the "pine mouth" thing you mentioned, I don't know that
it was a safety issue, but it sure was annoying -- a sort of bitter,
metallic taste in the back of my throat that went on for a bunch of
days. I used the pine nuts (from TJ's) to make a fish dish that two of
us ate. I got "pine mouth", she didn't.

Isaac