Nuts About Pecans by Dana Angelo White in Healthy Recipes, November 29, 2012
Buttery, crunchy, plus full of flavor and healthy fats — so many reasons to go nuts over pecans!
Pecan Basics
Dating back to the 16th century, pecans are the only tree nut native to North America. The name “pecan” comes from the Native American term used to explain “nuts requiring a stone to crack.”
Wide-scale propagation of this nut began in the late 1880s and today 80 percent of the world’s crop is grown in southern states like Texas, Louisiana and Georgia. The National Pecan Shellers Association list of fun facts includes that it would take 144 million pecans to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
