Got lots of raw in shell. Casual experimentation in spreading on
cookie sheet and roasting in low oven results in some raw and some
exploded. Is there any reliable method for prepping these critters?

"Frogleg" > wrote in message
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> Got lots of raw in shell. Casual experimentation in spreading on
> cookie sheet and roasting in low oven results in some raw and some
> exploded. Is there any reliable method for prepping these critters?

I use a hot dry skillet and toss them as they 'toast'

Jack

Aren't pinons, pinenuts? I have never known them to explode. I found
that toasting them in the oven gives an even browning. A pan can
produce burn marks. I have seen other people brown them on top of the
stove in a little oil - basically you are frying them, but you get an
even browning all over and you can always drain them after.
I've had pinenuts freshing toasted from the tree. We thrown a pine
cone on the fire and it opened up like a flower - inside were lovely
fresh pinenuts.
Ohh, glorious food.



"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message . com>...
> "Frogleg" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Got lots of raw in shell. Casual experimentation in spreading on
> > cookie sheet and roasting in low oven results in some raw and some
> > exploded. Is there any reliable method for prepping these critters?
>
> I use a hot dry skillet and toss them as they 'toast'
>
> Jack

"Shelora" > wrote in message
om...
> Aren't pinons, pinenuts? I have never known them to explode. I found
> that toasting them in the oven gives an even browning. A pan can
> produce burn marks. I have seen other people brown them on top of the
> stove in a little oil - basically you are frying them, but you get an
> even browning all over and you can always drain them after.
> I've had pinenuts freshing toasted from the tree. We thrown a pine
> cone on the fire and it opened up like a flower - inside were lovely
> fresh pinenuts.
> Ohh, glorious food.
>

You have to keep them moving in the skillet and no burn marks. I'll have to
try the oil idea next time.

Jack

On 14 Oct 2003 15:45:49 -0700, (Shelora)
wrote:

>Aren't pinons, pinenuts? I have never known them to explode. I found
>that toasting them in the oven gives an even browning. A pan can
>produce burn marks. I have seen other people brown them on top of the
>stove in a little oil - basically you are frying them, but you get an
>even browning all over and you can always drain them after.
>I've had pinenuts freshing toasted from the tree. We thrown a pine
>cone on the fire and it opened up like a flower - inside were lovely
>fresh pinenuts.
>Ohh, glorious food.

Yes, pinons (I don't know to put the ~ on top of the n) are the seeds
of a pinon pine tree. There are also Italian and Chinese varieties.
Pine cone on the fire sounds like perhaps an ideal treatment.
However, my query was for pinons in the shell (not the cone), not the
shelled ones available in some specialty food markets. These will,
indeed, explode if roasted too long or at too high a temperature, or
when the moon isn't right. Believe me. :-)