SC - Pine nuts

[jeffrey stewart heilveil]

Lodgepole is a fire dependent species.  If the cones are heated over about
150F then they will open up and you can grab the nuts.  In my Dendrology
class the prof used a blowtorch to do it.

HTH
Bogdan

ps.  Didn't know about lodgepole, but it makes sense.  In that case, you
might be able to use any of the fire dependents.  Then the lady wishing to
grow them in SW PA could use Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) if she has sandy
well drained soil.  These things do well in Northern Michigan, but are
VERY flammable.  I am not totally sure about the tastiness of the nuts
though.


On Thu, 4 Jun 1998 Varju at aol.com wrote:

> Well, if I remember correctly from edible wild plants class from Girl Scouts,
> the pine nuts of a Lodgepole pine are edible.  The problem is gettin to them,
> since you have to gather the unopened pine cones pry them open and pull out
> the pine nuts.  (The picturesque nicely open pine cones you see in Christmas
> crafts have already dropped their seeds.)  I've heard that you can use heat to
> force the cones open, but I'm not sure exactly how you would do that.
> 
> Noemi
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