Pecans!

Have you heard? We have a papershell pecan tree. And yes, the realtors were right, this tree can produce a large quantity of delicious pecans. (Not that this was the reason we purchased our home but everyone seemed to talk about it at that time). This is our first real crop of nuts from the tree as last year we saw a measley ten nuts. Imagine our surprise when the tree started dropping these beauties this fall! (If you would like some pecans - just ask!)

In preparation for Thanksgiving dinner I spent an evening shelling nuts. I'll admit, previously I was not a huge nut fan - but I think pecans are growing on me. (Probably a good thing, eh?) I made a delicious bourbon pecan pie for Thanksgiving dinner and topped our sweet potatoes with a pecan crumble. I have a feeling that I will be developing pecan recipes for quite some time. If you would like the recipe for the pecan pie check the facebook page, "Sue's Cooking" (the brainchild of my cousin Meg and my nephew, Philip)

And yes, I had to do it (in part because it has been the most popular joke of the week). Here is the picture of Bryan and his rather large nut sack. Er, um, I mean...sack of nuts!