As with many other nuts, toasting is the best way to allow the taste of pecans to shine. This simple step releases the nuts' flavors and gives them a crunchy texture that holds up when added to a ...

It is clear and tasteless now, but if you cut into the nut, the tannin in the juices will stain your fingers brown. By September or October, when the sere husk has split, squirrels and blue jays ...