Where do pine nuts grow? When will it go on sale? What varieties do you have? How do you eat it?

Pine nuts, also known as pine nuts, fruit pine nuts, sea pine nuts, is the seed of Pinus koraiensis, which is one of the common nuts. Do you know where it grows? When will it go on sale? How do you eat it? What varieties do you have? It is understood that in autumn, the picking time is generally from mid-September to mid-October, which is also the time for fresh listing, but now basically any time can be bought. And pine nuts have a lot of heat, so they are very suitable for winter use.

Where do pine nuts grow?

1. The pine nuts we usually eat are spread by small animals such as squirrels. Such pine trees are common Korean pine, Masson pine, Huashan pine and so on, they can produce more than 1 cm long giant pine nuts. These pine nuts are rich in oil and are a precious fat supply for squirrels and birds preparing for the winter. The small animals took away the pine nuts, buried them shallowly everywhere, and wrote down the location so that they could dig out and eat them in winter. But squirrels and all kinds of birds, after all, their memory is limited, so it is inevitable to forget many treasure sites. When spring comes, when these forgotten pine nuts are infiltrated by the spring rain, they will take root and sprout and start their own life far away from the mother tree. There are also people who love to eat pine nuts, and all the pine nuts seen in the market are contributed by this kind of pine trees (especially Korean pine).

2. Another kind of pine tree adopts a completely different strategy. Their pine nuts are petite, less than half a centimeter long. Although not the first choice for animals' recipes, the seeds are light and come with a thin wing. As long as the weather is clear, the ripe pine cones become dry, the scales open, and the winged seeds slide out of the scales. With a breeze, the pine nut paratroopers scattered everywhere and began a new journey. Such pine trees, including Pinus tabulaeformis, Pinus elliottii and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica, are commonly used in urban greening.

What kinds of pine nuts do you have?

At present, there are mainly two kinds of pine nuts in China, namely, northeast pine nuts, Brazilian pine nuts and water pine nuts. Although they are pine nuts, they are essentially different in nutritional value and shape.

1. Brazilian pine nuts

Brazilian pine nut has high nutritional and medicinal value, including a variety of essential nutrients for the human body.

2. Northeast pine nuts

Northeast pine nuts are also known as northeast Korean pine nuts. Korean pine nut is the seed of Pinus koraiensis, also known as Pinus koraiensis.

3. Pinus elliottii and sea pine nuts

A clump of five leaves, seeds in the ball, with three edges and a tip. There is oil for a long time, and the meat is delicious. Pine nuts in the Central Plains can only be used as medicine, not as food. The sea pine nuts from Jilin and Yunnan are edible.

How do you eat pine nuts?

1. Chicken rice pine nuts

We prepare some chicken breast, pine nuts, and some auxiliary materials, such as egg white, sesame oil and pepper as well as salt, ginger juice and so on.

We need to chop the chicken breast first, preferably into mud, and then put in the marinade we have prepared and marinate for about 20 minutes. Set aside. Let's fry the pine nuts in the oil until they are golden brown and empty the oil.

We put in the oil again, and when the oil is about 60% hot, put in our pickled chicken breast, then stir-fry it, and take it out to control the oil when we see the chicken breast change color.

Then put the pine nuts under the plate and put the chicken on it.

2. Pine nut yellow dried cake

We need damp glutinous rice noodles, Chaojing rice noodles, sweet-scented osmanthus and caramel, as well as cotton sugar and pine nuts.

First of all, we need to prepare the dough for making muffin flour, stir together the cotton sugar, rice flour and caramel color, and put in the right amount of water. After it is done, we will be plastic. We use some cake and then mix in some pine nuts, then make a sandwich, and then use some cake powder to make the bottom and noodles, and then shape.

After shaping, we can start steaming, we need to steam for about 30 minutes, and then we put the lid on the pot until it is cooked, then we can get out of the steamer, and then cut it into pieces.

3. Pine nut fish cubes

Prepare fish, eggs and cornflour, as well as garlic, pine nuts and vegetables. And some marinade.

When we do it, we need to clean the fish, then cut it into thicker pieces, then add marinade and marinate for about 20 minutes. Pine nuts need to be roasted.

Put the oil in the pan, and when the oil is half hot, we will put the fish glued with egg and cornflour until fried until golden brown.

Then leave a little oil in the pan, add garlic and vegetables, thicken, pour over our fish, and then sprinkle with pine nuts.

4. if it is open, break it with your hand and eat the kernel inside; if it is not fully open, bite it with your teeth, and then eat the kernel inside.