Why Pine Nuts Are So Expensive | So Expensive

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  • Pine nuts have long been desired for their unique flavor, use in traditional recipes, and health benefits. They're also one of the most expensive nuts in the world, selling for upwards of $117 per kilogram. So what makes them so special? And why are they so expensive?
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  • @Waldohasaskit210
    @Waldohasaskit210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1970

    I was hiking once when I got nailed in the head by a pine cone. I thought it was a crazy bad luck until another pine cone fell next to me and then another and another. A squirrel was up in this tall tree just knocking pine cones down at random hikers. They should just hire squirrels to harvest the pine cones.

    • @heavysleeperassclapper6054
      @heavysleeperassclapper6054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Peta?

    • @oishd6077
      @oishd6077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      There are farms in India that hire monkeys to pick betel nuts and coconuts

    • @janiceperez9538
      @janiceperez9538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I wonder just in case,how would the squirrel get paid?

    • @janiceperez9538
      @janiceperez9538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@internetcat6461 fair enough

    • @janiceperez9538
      @janiceperez9538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@internetcat6461 maybe he means peta will collect the animal wages lmao

  • @mercster
    @mercster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +721

    "It's actually flat if you don't look down." Wise words.

    • @leahcimwerdna5209
      @leahcimwerdna5209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That shit will keep your ass from panicking if you haven't already

    • @polarspirit
      @polarspirit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The earth is flat

    • @ngmui430
      @ngmui430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@polarspirit your brain waves are flat

    • @RestoringReality
      @RestoringReality 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love it! I came here to add a comment stating the same thing because any other conclusion would be absurd.

    • @ArizonaJoshua
      @ArizonaJoshua 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@polarspirit yeah, just like your wallet huh

  • @316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7
    @316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    When I was living in Flagstaff, Arizona, I had a Navajo friend/"auntie" that would take me to the reservation and we'd go Pinon pine nut gathering.
    The women would put a tarp under the Pinon pine and then shake the tree. The nuts would fall out of the pine cones onto the tarp and we'd gather them up.
    Then we'd take them to a "gathering" place, wash them, put them in a 50 gallon drum of water.
    Whatever nuts floated to the top were bad and skimmed off.
    After that, they went into another 50 gallon drum of salt water and would soak from 1-3 days.
    We'd let them air dry and then roast them in a drum over an open fire.
    These nuts were no bigger than the size of a pinky nail but they were sooooo good!

    • @Marbella125
      @Marbella125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I never picked the one's in Arizona, but have seen they are huge compared to the ones from New Mexico and Southern Colorado Ill have to try them someday

    • @dannygreen5477
      @dannygreen5477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ....Amazing..

    • @aolvaar8792
      @aolvaar8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You place a box underground, and have mice fill it with nuts, then you vacuum
      the nuts out and weigh them and add twice as much corn back.
      The White Man adds no corn back, and lets the mice die.
      In the year after a wet year, Hanta Virus from the mice droppings (eating raw nuts vs. roasted)

    • @chairmankim3028
      @chairmankim3028 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True man when I camp up in flagstaff we do the whole process like you explained it there really are good

    • @ryanwuryan7584
      @ryanwuryan7584 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aolvaar8792 facts

  • @umaikakudo
    @umaikakudo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2360

    Professional arborist here: The climbers could easily eliminate almost all risk by using affordable and common harness and rope designed for tree climbing arborists and loggers. They not only speed up climbing and decent, they also allow you to use pole tools more efficiently and reduce physical strain and injury. Something is fishy about the companies complaining about high insurance costs. They are just trying to save a couple hundred dollars per climber in gear which saves lives, reduces injury, lowers insurance claims, and increases productivity. It's penny wise pound foolish and shows a deep disregard for the wellbeing of the workers. Other countries industry regulators in the US and EU require this equipment while it isn't regulated nor widely uses in countries like India.

    • @typicalrockhound9887
      @typicalrockhound9887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Yeah theres some fancy stuff out there now , helped out a guy cut some trees for a customer . Needed a groundsman .
      No reason for companies to not have updated gear . Especially during these times of rocket rides .

    • @ajayrawat5590
      @ajayrawat5590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      lol, in India we don't even eat these pine-nuts and usually just lay in forest and maybe you forgot that the video was about China and not about India. Having half knowledge is very dangerous as an american and Europeans all illegal and dangerous work to be outsourced to less developed countries so that they don't have to pay for well being and security of workers altogether.

    • @thecarrotdude
      @thecarrotdude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Really bizarre that the video is about China but you're calling out India. Perhaps it's true but it seems like you have a bias.

    • @michaelvalenzuela2528
      @michaelvalenzuela2528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I was in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Telephone section were the Pole Climbers. They faced two hazards, falling (obviously) and stabbing themselves with the Gaff ( the Spur on the climbing gear)

    • @wangruochuan
      @wangruochuan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      here is the thing. you are an arborist and you are professional trained personnel. you work in a company with all legal paper and stuff cover everything. on the other, these guys in china work for those forest contractors. these guys are like farm owner rented the forest. they just hire these seasonal workers during these times. these pine cone pickers are more like those Mexican guys work on american farms. you get no safety and papers. you work hard, you get money. you dont want to do it, there are others want. Or they raise the price for the work until somebody would do.
      There is no company or fishiness involved. the dude talking is going to sell his seeds to real "companies" to further process or label the products then enter the supermarket. The situation is like how these truffle finding people work. individuals or people hire hands for work.

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  • @vivianscircle
    @vivianscircle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    We pick similar nuts like these ourselves when we go to the forest in Greece. We put them by the fire to open them slowly and then we take the seeds out. Very tasty. I was amazed to see how expensive they are in the USA!

    • @_Painted
      @_Painted 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They aren't that expensive in the USA. I don't understand this video. I see pine nuts online for sale right now at $42.85 per kilogram vs $35.22 for pistachios. The video said pine nuts can cost >$117 per kilogram and pistachios $39, but only the pistachio price even resembles the real prices I see in the USA. Was this video made during an abnormal pine nut shortage?

    • @yunan9610
      @yunan9610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@_Painted different species probably

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everything is more expensive in the US...except for petrol.

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Albanez39 and food, basically everything is cheaper compared to socialist Europe, where they tax everything.

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@stefthorman8548 You're confused. Everything is more expensive in the US mate. Mainly because of malevolent corporations that just want to profit off of consumers while barely paying a living wage to their workers. In "socialist" Europe there are laws and regulations that tax corporations for the common good. We pay taxes and get free healthcare, affordable education, great transportation. You pay a lot of taxes and get none of the above.

  • @coolworx
    @coolworx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    2:17 "It's actually flat, if you don't look down"
    After harvesting, they use this guys humor to dry the pine nuts.

  • @kaushiktlk
    @kaushiktlk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    The same 2 reasons for "why so expensive": it's rare and a lot of manual effort is involved.

    • @atanui1
      @atanui1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The content of the video is more than that.

    • @PsyDei
      @PsyDei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nah, some times it's "because people will pay that price for it for no good reason"

    • @_Painted
      @_Painted 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The video is just incorrect though according to the real prices I see in the USA. The real prices I see have fresh pine nuts only costing 22% more than shelled pistachios by weight.

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      @combsbrushes777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sometimes it's also companies trying to earn more than they should. Think iPhones for example...

  • @TheBooban
    @TheBooban 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I didn’t know there were edible nuts inside pine cones. Never tasted one.

    • @rdallas81
      @rdallas81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Squirrels eat them too.

    • @Cocomokun
      @Cocomokun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes there are no nuts to eat, usually just licked

    • @erikvannik5208
      @erikvannik5208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are very tasty, but cost really hits the pocket

    • @stephanielekas583
      @stephanielekas583 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deer also indulge .ask a hunter

    • @快工杂乐死
      @快工杂乐死 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      light sweet taste, very soft nuts. they are very healthy and nutritious

  • @ter8901
    @ter8901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    i cultivate them in NY. My grandpa started some in the 60's on our farm as an ornamental tree fence like row. They are good in cookies also

    • @violetblue4317
      @violetblue4317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are The Best in Cookies !
      Really Nice story - It must be a Beautiful farm.

    • @tic857
      @tic857 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      this same species?

    • @heyhoe168
      @heyhoe168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your grandpa was a wise man.

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Let's not forget the best and most popular thing pine nuts are used for: PESTO!

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Feel it in my body butterfly is fake 😭

  • @ETamJP
    @ETamJP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1113

    Good article. I like to eat pine nuts and had wondered why some are so expensive, but others are not. So long as the workers are paid based on their efforts and the dangers, I’m okay with that. No one is forcing me to buy after all. Almonds and pistachios are cheaper, but their farming is terrible. Water usage for these nuts is a lot.

    • @tetryl1
      @tetryl1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Yep, I don't think 99.9% of the population understand how taxing those are to the water supplies. Kinda like avocados. All of them are terrible.

    • @stephanieyee9784
      @stephanieyee9784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Yes the amount of water needed to grow almonds and pistachios is ridiculous. It's the same with cotton. Hemp is so much more environmentally friendly and needs very little water compared with cotton.

    • @rainmind
      @rainmind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @tetryl1 You are mistaken. The majority knows how taxing they are on water supplies. They just don't care, nor they feel responsible. If they are available, they buy and enjoy them, worryless . They let others worry about that. And that can pretty much be extended to almost anything. Our oceans are full of plastic, however, plastic is convenient and still legal, so let's use it and let others and other generations worry about it. That is the average attitude. And it will probably still be like that until there is almost no water left. And even then, if they can afford that water, they will not worry about those who can't. They ll let them do the worrying.

    • @mydadleftformilk
      @mydadleftformilk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Why don't you eat THESE NUTS

    • @snowmiaow
      @snowmiaow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Especially the almonds. They are draining the aquifer for a quick buck and they know it.

  • @danasy87
    @danasy87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I don’t get what an increased demand for hummus has to do with the demand for pine nuts. Hummus is made with tahini and that is made from sesame seeds… as far as I know there is no need for pine nuts if you are making hummus.

    • @lidaa8514
      @lidaa8514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought this too

    • @therealdeal894
      @therealdeal894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sometimes, I see hummus topped with several pine nuts.

    • @selenawaie1775
      @selenawaie1775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hummus is almost always topped with pine nuts where i'm from and from what i've seen ask any arab and they will tell you it's an essential topping

    • @Robert-xn3dc
      @Robert-xn3dc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh boy hummus be crazy for not thinkin gthis

  • @melmicsim
    @melmicsim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Hummus? I thought that was traditionally made with chick peas.

    • @christopherp6370
      @christopherp6370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it is

    • @StrongerThanOceans21
      @StrongerThanOceans21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      some have pine nuts added in, kinda like you can get garlic hummus.

    • @jerisin8859
      @jerisin8859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pine nut hummus is like caviar

    • @isabellavalencia8026
      @isabellavalencia8026 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mike Sixx only as a secondary ingredient

    • @dhusseini
      @dhusseini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      As an Arab (Palestinian) I was surprised they mentioned hummus, because pine nuts are only used to garnish hummus. Admittedly, we generously use pine nuts as a topping for most festive savory dishes.

  • @ngmui430
    @ngmui430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    “these bags go to a processing facility” = they are dumped on the ground in a parking lot.

    • @jamesgoldring1052
      @jamesgoldring1052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reminds me of the scene from Toy Story when Andy Drops his toy "I don't want to play with you anymore"

  • @azngettoone
    @azngettoone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    i have always wanted to know why pine nuts were so hardcore expensive. i go to safeway and it costs a horse and a goat.

    • @Woozlewuzzleable
      @Woozlewuzzleable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      You're getting ripped off, it only costs me a pig.

    • @elcompavergolia9986
      @elcompavergolia9986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      A horse and a goat or 20 very fertile egg laying chickens.

    • @leolechien007
      @leolechien007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There are places where you could buy a harem at that price!

    • @iShop4Kickz
      @iShop4Kickz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m on break and i saw this while working at Safeway

    • @aslanmane
      @aslanmane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Didn't know they had Safeways in Afghanistan.

  • @evan1238
    @evan1238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    For the first time I think ever on this show, the laborers seemed to actually get paid a decent wage. Usually it's like "The workers will exchange their 4 bags at 130 pounds a piece for around 6,000 yaberan, or little less than 7 U.S. dollars"

    • @AerysBat
      @AerysBat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      China is becoming wealthy

    • @янезнаюрусский-ъ7о
      @янезнаюрусский-ъ7о 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They don't get much security equipment...

    • @joek81981
      @joek81981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought the same thing. I was fully expecting a pittance.

    • @MissMisnomer_
      @MissMisnomer_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I was surprised, because if you do the math for two weeks of labor they're making about $1,700. That's legit how much I make, and I have an office job. It's nice to see that some of the laborers out there are getting paid their due amount, which is rare in China these days

    • @raccoonvid9665
      @raccoonvid9665 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@янезнаюрусский-ъ7о прикол

  • @MLT1998
    @MLT1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    We call them Piñon here in New Mexico and we’re not climbing a tree lol. We wait until the cones fall.

    • @jonathanrequena4361
      @jonathanrequena4361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Aye a fellow New Mexican these piñones are basically sacred to the state lovely

    • @joeygrey9878
      @joeygrey9878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello! Would you happen to know where on-line I could order current season New Mexico pine nuts? I have emailed a couple of sites, but have not heard back. Thanks!

    • @MrBakedDaily
      @MrBakedDaily 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joeygrey9878 my man the whole south has plenty of pine nuts so much we don't even harvest them and let them rot .

    • @joeygrey9878
      @joeygrey9878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrBakedDaily Too bad. I would like to buy some. Thanks for the reply.

    • @intel2133
      @intel2133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pinhão in Brazil.

  • @entvisual
    @entvisual 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    *I agree expensive* and healthy I remember my grandpa telling me how they Siberian pine / Siberian Cedar nuts in Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🌰patience, and good timing needed for *perfect harvest!!*

    • @datgamer2132
      @datgamer2132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i just go to the mountains and pick them from the pine cone

    • @entvisual
      @entvisual 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@datgamer2132 yes nature nice! 💜🌲

    • @1480-b5g
      @1480-b5g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      not expensive!!!!!
      I sell these.
      only scammers sell for that much.
      the company i work for sells for $30 a kg and they look better quality than whats in this video..

    • @CuttingEdge49
      @CuttingEdge49 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No food products from China are healthy and safe.

    • @averagebasementdweller2896
      @averagebasementdweller2896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CuttingEdge49 ok whatever u say buddy

  • @hritikjuyal5484
    @hritikjuyal5484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    I had no idea that these cones have seeds in them, that are edible. Whenever i use to visit my mom's village in Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand, India, me and my sister use to play with those cones or paint them. The majority trees in the surrounding area of the village is pine.

    • @warmachine3943
      @warmachine3943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      These r chirguze right?

    • @introtwerp
      @introtwerp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@warmachine3943 chilgoza yes

    • @ackshayshukla
      @ackshayshukla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dude they lie on the grounds in uttarakhand on the top of the hills and everywhere. We went there on a wedding ceremony and we were playing with it. Gend-taadi khel rahe the hum ussey. 😐

    • @introtwerp
      @introtwerp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ackshayshukla omg wah

    • @God-Fragrance
      @God-Fragrance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's called chilgoza

  • @jamesdooling4139
    @jamesdooling4139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    I had no idea... I eat these lightly toasted and salted by the handful when I come back from the store with them about 3 times a year -- around holidays as ingredients. Next time, I will be more reverent. ❤

    • @thesilentone4024
      @thesilentone4024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Plant it if its not rosted china does snow too so it can grow here well unless your in a desert then please refrain from planting.

    • @Interestingworld4567
      @Interestingworld4567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@thesilentone4024 dude you have to wait like 25 to 50 years

    • @thesilentone4024
      @thesilentone4024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Interestingworld4567 well if you own your home then don't you want your kids and grandkids and grate grandchildren to have tasty food for free and not pay god know how much in there times it can be a Airloom.

    • @oreomanscookiesmilk7132
      @oreomanscookiesmilk7132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@thesilentone4024 The amount of families that live in the same home for generations is pretty slim.

    • @oreomanscookiesmilk7132
      @oreomanscookiesmilk7132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thesilentone4024 In fact i havent known a single person in my life that has lived in a house thats been in the family for generations.

  • @annorawal5168
    @annorawal5168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Pine trees literally cover my village, looks like I'll need to start picking them

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  • @neilnicco
    @neilnicco 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I am so embarrased to say I never ever pictured pine nuts coming from actual pine cones/ pine trees. Actually, I never bothered to think about where they come from. 💀

  • @insectbite1714
    @insectbite1714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Next video: *Why Trees Are so Expensive| So Expensive*

    • @yangmingmeng5414
      @yangmingmeng5414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why is wood so expensive

    • @gvs6462
      @gvs6462 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why trees don't exist.

    • @liguow
      @liguow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why you don’t exist

    • @sammysusuu
      @sammysusuu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Elite_Astral13 why illusion is a illiusion but at the same time it isnt a illusion

    • @freshstart4423
      @freshstart4423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We have pine trees in the USA. All pine trees produce edible pine nuts. The trees can be cut shorter for farming purposes. My name is Margaret Kpeh in Glendale Arizona USA 🇺🇸.
      I care about truth and justice.

  • @Rahul_Maithani21
    @Rahul_Maithani21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    The fruit is called "chunti - छूंती" in our native language in Uttarakhand,India. And during childhood we used to pick the fruit and roast it in fire and pick the nuts from inside the fruit and eat it

  • @animpastaishere6466
    @animpastaishere6466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    i have always wanted to know why pine nuts are so expensive.

    • @Anarchokolbasizm
      @Anarchokolbasizm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      because real pine nuts growing in Siberia. There is NO pine nuts on this video. I telling you it as Siberian guy who was many times in pine forest to get some nuts.

    • @DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii
      @DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      now you know

  • @leftblank131
    @leftblank131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That's why you should choose deer nuts, everyone knows they're under a buck.

    • @pittlatn
      @pittlatn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most underrated comment 😆

  • @diegowiii
    @diegowiii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Here in Brazil, we have a different kind of pine nut, it's from the Araucária tree, we call it "Pinhão". It's very common in the southern region, people traditionaly gather it from the trees and roast them on fire, it's very delicious! 😋 And it's also used in many recipes like "Farofa de Pinhão", it is like a savoury crumble, i just simply love it! 😍 And it's cheap! here in my city I pay about R$ 9,00 for a kilo, wich is about 1,5 dollars!

    • @guilhermefarias7295
      @guilhermefarias7295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sim!! Eu fiquei pensando nisso agora kkkk

    • @wildswan221
      @wildswan221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do they roast the whole pine cone to remove the seeds easily? Or roast the seed with the hull intact? I have a pine tree...will try! Sounds delicious.

    • @davidturner4076
      @davidturner4076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@wildswan221 the "Araucaria" is very different from pine trees of the Northern Hemisphere. The pines produced by the trees weight maky pounds and will kill or severely injure you if you happen to be on the wrong place at the wrong time. That said, the pines are broken into hundereds of individual seeds called "pinhões"pretty easily (just throw them on the ground) and the seeds can be boiled or roasted, depending on what flavour you like (boiling is a bit harder but better in my opinion). If you roast the seeds, it is very easy to remove the husk by just hitting it once or twice with a small hammer. If you boil them, just bite the back of the seed and the edible part comes out at the front. It may sound hard but it really isn't, and each seed is at least one inch tall and half an inch wide. Very worth it in my opinion. When I was in southern Brazil I ate tons of "pinhões", and even tough about bringing them to plant in Georgia, but I suppose this is illegal since it is not a native specie to the US.

    • @sacoto98
      @sacoto98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      O Pinhão em Portugal é infelizmente caríssimo mas o Pinhão do pinheiro português é delicioso mas o governo português está a substituir os pinheiros por eucaliptos

    • @FjordTrotter
      @FjordTrotter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In the USA its called "Brazil Nut"... we have them imported here and sold as-is.
      Nothing compares to pine nuts sorry

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This was a really interesting and informative video. I love pine nuts and, like most people, have sometimes wondered why they are so expensive. And now I know. From the get-go when the harvesters start climbing the trees to the end of the threshing its clear its a difficult commodity to produce.
    Thank you.

  • @Wearenotfriendsxo
    @Wearenotfriendsxo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    wow those people are hard workers… i wish them nothing but the best in life thank you for what you do.. i just wish they weren’t put in danger 😢

    • @gokobe9121
      @gokobe9121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lady they are fuckinh working and making a living! what do you mean put in danger?

    • @pepsiman7033
      @pepsiman7033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gokobe9121 I mean you do have to climb up 100 ft trees all day

  • @snivanov
    @snivanov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I live in Middle Ural and you can buy locally collected siberian pine nuts in shell for as little as 200 rubles (about $3) per 1l jar. Cones go cheaper.Hand thrashing tool and de-shelling mill is not that difficult to make, although thrasing and shelling takes time and creates a lot of waste. Shells (or whole nut with seed) could be used to infuse alcohol and together with chaga, dried wild berries and herbs and honey you can make pretty amazing bewerage. If you have oil press or melager you can make delicious slald oil and urbech (very finely milled nut paste).

  • @samsonsoturian6013
    @samsonsoturian6013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    No matter what it is, you can be sure there's a super expensive version for rich chumps to consume and young men risk their lives to obtain....

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You do realize people still climb trees with chainsaws?

    • @honor9458
      @honor9458 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guess I'm a rich chump here

    • @connordilworth64
      @connordilworth64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Such evil rich people! Even though those young men choose that career. Also I have climbed tall pine trees like that just for fun plenty of times, I would love that job lol, as I don’t have any trees like that on my property to climb unfortunately

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@connordilworth64 I wasn't blame shifting at all. Especially when no safety gear at all is used despite the complaints about insurance and personal risk.

  • @moos5221
    @moos5221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Pine Nuts only cost ~35€ per kg in Germany right now. I've frequently bought them and eat them roasted on salads or other dishes and they have never been more expensive then other nuts/seeds to be honest. I wonder why they seem to be so much more expensive whereever the producers of this documentary are from...if they are from the USA then maybe China-USA tax war is the answer.

  • @MaximYudayev
    @MaximYudayev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    And yet harvesters and processors get a small fraction of the price that the enduser pays for it. Same like with cocoa, cashews, etc.

    • @dragon12234
      @dragon12234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yup. Each middleman increases the price further. And with long distance trading there are a lot of middlemen

    • @killingtime669
      @killingtime669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same with all farming.

    • @KiwiImpactSaint
      @KiwiImpactSaint 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s much better now than what it used to be due to internet transparency.

    • @SkankHunt42isback
      @SkankHunt42isback 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who tf cares. Slavery should just be legal again, everything would be so cheal

    • @farticlesofconflatulation
      @farticlesofconflatulation 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just wait until you discuss diamonds!

  • @bluebellcrushedvelvet
    @bluebellcrushedvelvet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm kinda gutted that they didn't show the Mediterranean veraity!!! I am from the Med and actually grew up as a child right by a pinetree forest!
    I remember many sweet childhood memories picking those comes and trying to get the pinenuts and the task was always a challenge and an entertainment! And made those little nugets so much more tasty and valuable!

  • @profitlemon321
    @profitlemon321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stupid question but I live in Minneapolis can I just go climb A pine cone tree every 2 years we got a lot and sum time hangs decorations and presents under 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @valleygirl4161
      @valleygirl4161 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s a good question. I don’t know but I think it has to be a certain type of pine tree.

  • @MDC2020
    @MDC2020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how that chinese working had on a Camo Jacket that said US ARMY with a Airborne patch lol

  • @teebo5298
    @teebo5298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Ahh brings me back to the old days pine cone wars lol . The green ones were bullets could leave. A nice welt

    • @Kennedys_Korner
      @Kennedys_Korner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here. In the sticks of Mississippi. Screw the green ones lol

    • @MrBakedDaily
      @MrBakedDaily 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kennedys_Korner Same where I grew up in southern Mississippi they were perfect bombs.

    • @BornIn1500
      @BornIn1500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @BIBLE DEFENDER 144 woah easy there commando. Which terrorist group do you belong to? ISIS or BLM?

    • @Semiotichazey
      @Semiotichazey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BornIn1500 NRA

    • @BornIn1500
      @BornIn1500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Semiotichazey Last I saw, the NRA doesn't have riots where they loot, burn buildings of innocent small business owners, destroy historic buildings/statues, and violently attack innocent people. Which, come to think of it, is exactly what BLM do.

  • @aviphysics
    @aviphysics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I wish they would just use normal median values for stuff. Pine nuts are expensive, but not normally $100/kg.

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly...we buy them for around $50/kg in Southern Europe.

  • @Vinlyguyx420x
    @Vinlyguyx420x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The expensive cost is justified if it’s for worker insurance, especially if the dude climbing up a 40ft tree just so I can have fresh pesto!

  • @hatac
    @hatac 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Romans had huge harvests of pine nuts. They planted them near cliffs, aqueducts, tall buildings and walls. Thus someone with a long pole could get at the nuts from above.

  • @lucaschiantodipepe2015
    @lucaschiantodipepe2015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    The common pesto in Italy has a very little percentage of pine nuts (local tree) ,and a bigger quantity of cheaper anacardi/cashew nuts (imported) . When imported goods are cheaper then the locals. By the way in the Italian cuisine pine nuts are very common.

    • @mirkox90
      @mirkox90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That's just industrial low cost pesto though. True pesto is made with pine nuts only.

    • @lucaschiantodipepe2015
      @lucaschiantodipepe2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cauto???

    • @BB-un2ts
      @BB-un2ts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do mine with 100% pine nuts. With the Mediterranean variety (could find them easily in the ground.)

  • @Roarpian
    @Roarpian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Very impressive - providing insights of the enormous effort goes behind food that is so accessible

  • @marioseoul
    @marioseoul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    so interesting and coincidental, yesterday i went grocery shopping outside Seoul and the total was over $100 (in Korean won of course). i expected $80 or so, so i asked the cashier what made it so expensive. it was the 280 gram jar of pine nuts! oops. good to know the hard work that goes into it, i'll appreciate it even more.

  • @JohnMoseley
    @JohnMoseley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hummus made with pine nuts? Never heard of that. The usual thing is to make it with tahini, which is puréed sesame seeds.

    • @summe1972
      @summe1972 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. Never heard of hummus made with pine nuts. As a topping? Sure. But not an ingredient.

    • @JohnMoseley
      @JohnMoseley 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@summe1972 Yeah, maybe toppings for hummus is what the video meant. Still not something I've seen often.

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pesto Genovese is the most popular dish made out of them.

  • @mattpelofske4632
    @mattpelofske4632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I live in New Mexico USA we have a small species of pine that puts out the tastiest nut in the world they get sold locally in the Shell roasted and salted all over the state

  • @clintaudette3683
    @clintaudette3683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The answers is almost always "because it's a lot of goddamned work", or "it's dangerous as all hell."

  • @elcompavergolia9986
    @elcompavergolia9986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Not only are they so expensive, they are so delicious.

  • @rameneater1437
    @rameneater1437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who TF buying pine nuts? There literally everywhere if you go outside. Just go up to some woods and pick up one from the ground, they'll grow

  • @patricksanders858
    @patricksanders858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Pinenuts are not generally used to make hummus. That's Chickpea and sesame.

    • @JuanPablo-xy3lf
      @JuanPablo-xy3lf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s typical to top hummus with it. In many countries in the east as pine 🌲 trees inhabit a lot of the world.

  • @JaguarGames1337
    @JaguarGames1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why not have drones knock the pine cones off instead of people? makes no sense

  • @abdulrehmanzulfiqarlatif
    @abdulrehmanzulfiqarlatif 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Pine nuts in pakistan are called " Chilghouza" they are very yummy

    • @ackshayshukla
      @ackshayshukla 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dodo used to walk around and take the sun and air...
      The sun yet warms his native ground but the dodo is not there. 😏

    • @Drawinnunez
      @Drawinnunez 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And very very expensive

  • @Mrbfgray
    @Mrbfgray 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a kid we'd often spend a fall day in the pinon forests around 7k ft. altitude to harvest these nuts. Fresh soft and wet are an entirely different animal, nothing like the crap you can buy dried. Pinons are nothing like the trees shown here tho and the nuts are different. Pinons are not very tall but dense and bushy, we'd spread tarps below and bash the cones out of tree. Some yrs the cones were sparse and not very productive other yrs were extremely laden with cones and nuts. Anyway we'd have buckets of nuts for the winter and have baggies of them in our school lunches.

  • @RicardoRibeiroYT
    @RicardoRibeiroYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    European here: Those pinecones are weird asf!
    Also, price per KG is way higher

  • @RealDarkBlade
    @RealDarkBlade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well, unlike some other industries, albeit it's a temporary work, they get a decent pay

  • @MegaTepatitlan
    @MegaTepatitlan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The best pine nuts I’ve ever had are Mexican pink pine nuts. We use them in cakes and other food.

    • @Klm49
      @Klm49 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Living in NY State here. How do we get them up here without a road trip to the southwest??

    • @MEOWMEOW-sw3bw
      @MEOWMEOW-sw3bw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohhh

  • @30secondsTHESIS
    @30secondsTHESIS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It grows around cold places up hills, i saw many pines like these, never knew they r edible

  • @TximYT
    @TximYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    *Explains why they are so expensive*

  • @stafonvoncamron
    @stafonvoncamron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Weird, most people use them as Christmas decoration , not to eat.

    • @luniers4629
      @luniers4629 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      THose are the open cones, which usually no longer hold any seeds.

  • @visionaries.incorporated
    @visionaries.incorporated 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Me eating a bag of Dry Toasted Pine Nuts from trader Joe’s marked as a Product of Russia, processed and packed in USA.
    Whew..

    • @Anarchokolbasizm
      @Anarchokolbasizm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congratulations, it seems you eating a real pine nuts. Not the fake from this video which also dangerous for health if you google it.

  • @benjamindaniel6999
    @benjamindaniel6999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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    • @liamwright2573
      @liamwright2573 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @nansmamb4081 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @lingling4845 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @jamesmccarthy8238 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @Shjankee
    @Shjankee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Pinon’s are soo good. There’s always someone with a van and tables full of them on the side of the road in New Mexico

  • @DIYLifeSkills
    @DIYLifeSkills 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh geez, I didn't know how dangerously this seed extraction was.
    I love pine seeds, and now I understand why it's more expensive.

  • @ThatanOmega
    @ThatanOmega 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I hope they leave some of those cones to actually drop and germanate 😩

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    @jesuschristsaves392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @tiffanywong1211
    @tiffanywong1211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Insightful video. Pinenuts are well worth the price, workers should be compensated for the labour they put in and consumers want the product, then they should pay what it's worth.

    • @machematix
      @machematix 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The pickers earn more than I do in NZ.

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    @jesuschristsaves392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @SpiritualBabe101
    @SpiritualBabe101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Never had pine nuts before. Must be nice

    • @CyberRacer
      @CyberRacer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tastes trash if you dont like nuts, never knew these were expensive but ig it will taste better now if i eat it knowing its expensive

    • @noamwubi1915
      @noamwubi1915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      u never ate a pasta with pesto ?

    • @kenwoodburn5244
      @kenwoodburn5244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They’re absolutely disgusting

    • @nurdl6413
      @nurdl6413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they are good just have to toast them and they are amazing

    • @dontbememe7364
      @dontbememe7364 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      they are tasty

  • @Mystupidheart123
    @Mystupidheart123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never knew we even eat pine nuts until now 😄

  • @samira9828
    @samira9828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In Portugal we have thousands of pine nuts trees everywhere and you have just to climb it or get a stick to bring it down and enjoy eating it for free .😊😊

    • @Lucas-md8gg
      @Lucas-md8gg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sério?

    • @samira9828
      @samira9828 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Lucas-md8gg sim nos chamamos isso de pinhões.

  • @sangwoo9686
    @sangwoo9686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pine nuts are going extinct in china because of excessive harvesting. In korea, they keep strict conservation for pine nuts in the wild so harvesting is more sustainable.

  • @KickYouInTheThroat
    @KickYouInTheThroat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    I remember going to work as a chef at a new restaurant, and discovered what had to be a 40 pound box of peeled pine nuts just sitting in the walk-in. I knew it was like staring at a pile of money. When I spoke to the owner about the massive potential losses from the theft of this one box, whether little by little or all at once, I was asked to keep quiet about their value. Sure enough they went missing a few weeks later, on my day OFF.
    Tried to tell him but he wanted to act like people dont know shit.

    • @russelllariscylll9938
      @russelllariscylll9938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Somebody stole $1100 worth of nuts lol weird

    • @GrowingwithAnastasia
      @GrowingwithAnastasia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I went to a banquet dinner and they had a huge bowl full at the salad bar, I was blown away. It had to be $500 in pine nuts just sitting there. I wanted to pour the bowl into my purse lol

    • @cryofsolace4840
      @cryofsolace4840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      the owner took them

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Plenty of restaurants regularly have quite expensive ingredients sitting in their refrigerators- sometimes far, far more expensive than pine nuts. They need to if that's what they prepare and serve. And most people who work in a restaurant don't have any convenient way of turning something like a box of pine nuts into a significant amount of money

    • @Richard-Reloaded
      @Richard-Reloaded 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stole them on you "day off" 😂

  • @Kr0nicDragon
    @Kr0nicDragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You’re telling me we can send bozo into space, but we can’t design a machine to pick a pine cone...wow

    • @farticlesofconflatulation
      @farticlesofconflatulation 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s cheap Chinese labor. Up until recently, they used to use shovels and picks instead of backhoes and bulldozers to move soil for huge projects.

  • @dingle_burry
    @dingle_burry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yeah pine nuts are expensive, but theyre really not that expensive when you compare them to deez nutz.

  • @dstyer6128
    @dstyer6128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This seems like one of those industries ripe for training an animal that can climb or even a special type of drone, to cut down on the safety issues.

    • @yondel-kttkoh3948
      @yondel-kttkoh3948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Train a group of monkeys to go up

    • @zanaa.johansson145
      @zanaa.johansson145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Squirrels controlled by monkeys

    • @margaretschwartzentruber3154
      @margaretschwartzentruber3154 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd say better genetically modify to grow them on a shorter tree.

    • @yondel-kttkoh3948
      @yondel-kttkoh3948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But then again the value of the nuts will go down because it’s not a human taking the risk.

  • @_A4A
    @_A4A 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Love pine nuts soooooooo much, but I ate a bad batch from Asia one year and got "Pine Nut Syndrome aka PNS" and it totally sucked because EVERYTHING that I ate or drank tasted really bitter or metallic for about 2-3 weeks straight, until it finally went away, it was AWFUL and there is no cure for it either!... 🙄

  • @JK-uj9hs
    @JK-uj9hs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember this Chinese place nearby would include these nuts in family meals, they were pretty tasty.

  • @kaneki-t
    @kaneki-t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait these are pine nuts? AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE!????
    Damm We used to play football with them in my school.
    Guess I was planning with some very expensive nuts.😆😆😆

  • @beatngu8530
    @beatngu8530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is nuts, I didn’t know we could eat pine cone 😁, and i grew up with pine trees in Kentucky.

    • @Cat-tastrophee
      @Cat-tastrophee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not all of them are edible, though!

  • @golemcrj7713
    @golemcrj7713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Uttrakhand one'll only find pine tress
    Then I wonder why Uttrakhand's economy is not boosting 🤔

  • @ibec69
    @ibec69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I use almonds for pesto. I haven't bought pine nuts for at least 10 years because how ridiculous the price is.

    • @JohnMoseley
      @JohnMoseley 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never heard of using almonds. I've had it made with cashews, which works well too.

    • @ibec69
      @ibec69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnMoseley I’ve tried both but the one with cashews turn out too creamy for my taste. If you want to try, I recommend roasted almonds, not raw or pan toasted.

    • @JohnMoseley
      @JohnMoseley 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ibec69 Thanks, I'll try that.

  • @gh-pk8ih
    @gh-pk8ih 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why Pine Nuts Are So Expensive?
    In the remote forests of Northern China, local harvesters climb trees as high as 100 feet to reach pine nuts. This job is dangerous, and since it can not be done by machines, the reward is high for those local harvesters.
    Another reason is that the pine nuts tree needs specific condition to grow, unlike almond and pecans, which can be commercially grown on orchards and plantations, most pine nuts come from natural forests.
    The trees need to grow for at least 25 to 50 years before they bear cones and seeds.
    The Season Of Collecting The Pine Cones. The Korean pine season typically starts on September 1 and can last as long as two months or be as short as 20 days.

  • @chistinelane
    @chistinelane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Man they are worth it for me. They are my favorite food of all time

  • @donaldroy9679
    @donaldroy9679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm so happy😊 my life is totally changed. I have been earning $9,250 returns from my $4,500 investment every 21 days.

  • @jedim793
    @jedim793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why does this incredibly dangerous job feel so appealing to me?

    • @akbuilder7626
      @akbuilder7626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably because you get to work in a forest away from a disgusting city full of disgusting people? Thats why I'd like it.

    • @erikvannik5208
      @erikvannik5208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@akbuilder7626 plus don't forget, salary is quite high especially for poorer counties like China or Russia

    • @JoshKnoxChinnery
      @JoshKnoxChinnery 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You like trees?

  • @augustinesim1672
    @augustinesim1672 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the fact that Insider can't make up their mind about which measurement system to use really grinds my gears...bro if you're going to use kilograms stick with the metric system until the end, it gets really confusing with you mixing imperial with metric throughout the video.

  • @4057hofft
    @4057hofft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That is a great rate of pay!

    • @saltedslug7954
      @saltedslug7954 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gotta keep the operation cost low so the consumers can afford it

  • @BoomerElite4u
    @BoomerElite4u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worked as a professional tree climber for a power company for years. Climb up trees and trim the limbs out if they are encroaching on power lines. Now I'm starting to wonder if I could have made a lot of extra money because I seen these things all the time.

  • @david65768
    @david65768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Here in the south of Brasil we have the pine nut cousin called pinhão, its amazing!!

    • @AzureKite191
      @AzureKite191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you from Rio Grande Do Sul?

    • @david65768
      @david65768 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AzureKite191 I live in a nearby state called Paraná :)

  • @dudeabides6887
    @dudeabides6887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why can’t they get proper tree climbing gear? No reason anyone should fall.

  • @DANKZI
    @DANKZI 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm sure everyone in the PLA are so satisfied with the U.S. Army jacket :D

  • @joeyjoe7930
    @joeyjoe7930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was so fascinating! I had never before thought about where pine nuts came from or how they were harvested.

  • @MythicRealTrap
    @MythicRealTrap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are so many of these in big bear California, I should make a business out of this :)

  • @margaretschwartzentruber3154
    @margaretschwartzentruber3154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Maybe do a gene edit so a GMO pinenut can be grown on a shorter tree.

    • @happywifehappylife2739
      @happywifehappylife2739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah no thanks.

    • @brandon9172
      @brandon9172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@happywifehappylife2739
      Why?

    • @brandon9172
      @brandon9172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As of now, that likely wouldn't be possible. And even if it was, it'd take decades to pull off.
      Perhaps you could get the trees to produce cones at a smaller size via more traditional methods? I'd imagine that you could graft the pine nut tree to a faster growing low lying pine species.

  • @ishwaryumnam402
    @ishwaryumnam402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Business Insider, do u know what nuts r more expensive ?
    DeezNuts

  • @ashman187
    @ashman187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Human love is the most valuable resource here on the Earth!

    • @ScumfuckMcDoucheface
      @ScumfuckMcDoucheface 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      .... only kind of person that would say that is the broke kind of person haha =)

  • @Nobel666
    @Nobel666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now this makes me want to open a business

  • @Momo-hl9xh
    @Momo-hl9xh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    my neighbor uncle used to work in a restaurant that made Pulao and whenever we visited, he used to take me and dad to the kitchen and gave me a pack full of pine (we called it snober) nuts, raisins and cashews! Man those tasted so good, a sweet soft nutty taste. Never knew it was this expensive.

  • @TD_JR
    @TD_JR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First time I really had them was decades ago when my best friend's grandmother, who left Italy after WW2, came to the US and with her the best Caponata I've ever had.

  • @moef.5326
    @moef.5326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I worked in a store that sold pine nuts and was always shocked how expensive they were. A handful cost over $20.

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      naaah...that's excessive. It's usually around 50-60$ per kilo.

    • @moef.5326
      @moef.5326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pretty sure i'd know since i worked there but you're entitled to your opinion bubba.👍🏽

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would definitely be an uncommonly expensive price in the US. It's usually 20 to 30 dollars per pound here