This is the fifth installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you behind the scenes look at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest New Mexican pecan companies. This series will also include details about the harvesting of the fresh pecans to get them ready…
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Pecans are ready to harvest when they begin to drop from the trees, usually around the time when the tree begins losing its leaves for the winter. Mature pecans have green husks which have turned brown and crack open. That’s how you know they are ready. To harvest pecans properly, be ready for them before…
Last month, covered part 1 of how natural pecans are harvested we discussed how to prepare for a pecan harvest and how we harvest pecans here at Stahmanns, but also how you can harvest them yourself if you have pecan trees on your property. Inspecting and Drying the Pecans Once you collect the nuts, you…
This is the fourth installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you behind the scenes look at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest New Mexican pecan companies. This series will also include details about the harvesting of the fresh pecans to get them ready…
Pecans are ready to harvest when they begin to drop from the trees, usually around the time when the tree begins losing its leaves for the winter. Mature pecans have green husks which have turned brown and crack open. That’s how you know they are ready. To harvest pecans properly you need to be ready…
This is the third installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you behind the scenes look at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest New Mexican pecan companies. This series will also include details about the harvesting of the fresh pecans to get them ready…
This is the second installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you with an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest New Mexican pecan companies. This series will also include details about the processing of…
This is the first installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you with an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest pecan farms in New Mexico. This series will also includes details about the processing…
Roasting mammoth pecans provides some benefits. While some studies indicate that raw pecans have fewer calories and have more nutrients packed into them, in general roasting them does not do any real harm and in fact provides some benefits. How Pecans are Roasted They are roasted by using a dry heat to cook them, or…
Last month we covered these three flavonoid health benefits of pecans: Cardiovascular Disease Brain Disorders – Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Fights Bacterial Infection Here are three more flavonoid health benefits of pecans: Research studies have identified over 6,000 unique flavonoids with many of them found in plants such as papaya, bell peppers, broccoli, brussels sprouts,…
Summertime is here and get-togethers with family and friends means food. Keep yourself healthy by checking out some of these sites for healthy pecan recipes so that you can take advantage of the health benefit of pecans–and other foods rich in flavonoids. Go Nuts with These Healthy Pecan Recipes – This article from Wellness Junky…
What creates the health benefit of pecans? One major component of what makes them so healthy is flavonoids. Flavonoids are a type of anti-oxidant found in many fruits and vegetables, and according to the USDA, kosher pecan nuts have more flavonoids than all other tree nuts. Some of the other foods that are high in…