On 07/12/2014 9:16 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 12/7/2014 6:59 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 03:06:47 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have a source? I was watching Extra Virgin in the wee hours
>>> yesterday and they made a tomato sauce with a ton of pine nuts in
>>> it. Also
>>> had a little Parmesan but I would leave that out. Then Debi Mazar
>>> had an
>>> accident with the blender. She spilled it everywhere so her husband
>>> had to
>>> whip up another batch. I don't have the actual recipe but it looked
>>> like
>>> they added about a cup of the pine nuts to the sauce. They also
>>> tossed some
>>> in the salad. I love pine nuts but when I find them for sale they are
>>> always expensive so I ration them.
>>
>>
>> We get them at BJ's for a reasonable price. Probably Costco too. It
>> has been a while so I don't recall the price, but I do know it was
>> less than half of what some small store would charge.
>>
>
> The cheaper ones are from China.
>
I saw some in an Italian store yesterday but since they were a bulk
product, the origin wasn't given. I understand that the Chinese ones can
impart a metallic taste that can affect one for days. Has anyone
experienced it with those from the Mediterranean region?
Graham