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Official Alabama Nut
Pecan
The pecan is a thin-shelled nut found all over the United States, but primarily
in
the Southern States. It comes from the pecan tree, which is grown all over
Alabama.
Pecans are good sources of vitamin B-6 and are used in many
southern recipes
such as pralines and pecan pie.
Pecans have been grown in Alabama since the early 1900s. Mobile and Baldwin
Counties grow the most pecans. Alabama normally produces 13-15 million
pounds of pecans each year. There are many different varieties of pecans.
In 1982, the state legislature made the pecan the Alabama State Nut, due to
the efforts of the Alabama Pecan Growers Association. The act says this
about the pecan:
"The redolent and ambrosial aroma of roasting pecans involuntarily causes one's
papillae and lachrymal glands to salivate."
In other words, roasting pecans smell so good that it makes your mouth water!
For more information: www.alabamapecangrowers.com
Source:
Act 82-17, Acts of Alabama, February 2, 1982
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http://www.archives.alabama.gov/kids_emblems/st_nut.html
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