Kirkland Signature Kirkland Pine Nuts 1.5 Lb

OK, maybe I'm sounding a little carried away here. It's just that my husband and I love these raw pine nuts from beginning to end. They taste great on salads, rice, pasta, zillions of other dishes, or alone. Pine nuts have to be shelled carefully by hand because they are so delicate, which is why they are expensive, so usually I've bought the Kirkland ones at Costco to get the lowest price. But my local Costco is a few miles away, so it's great to be able to get these pine nuts through Amazon--and at the same great price. Yay!

Trying to buy pine nuts at a grocery store is frustrating because the packages are so small. This package is big enough to actually use in cooking. When I was a kid, pine nuts were often used to make a bit of a buttery crunch in rice dishes. That was before they started using the cheaper Orzo in a pilaf - no crunch, although it looked the same. As we know today, nuts are very good for you despite the caloric density. The natural oils in them can go rancid quickly. For this reason, one should keep them an airtight container in the freezer. These nuts are buttery and delicious as pine nuts should be.

I use a LOT of pine nuts in my baking, and these are the best I have encountered. For one thing, they are larger than any of the others I have found, which were tiny.

It's nice to purchase a product that's not stale like some of the other brands. THANKS

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