Why are Pinon nuts more expensive than other pine nuts?
Pinon nuts are the most desired variety of pine nut, supply and demand work out the retail price. People gather them literally by hand. There is no mechanized harvester used. New Mexico Pion nuts do taste delicious… After roasting, the toasted buttery creamy flavor is addictive. Euell Gibbons author of “Handbook of Edible Wild Plants” described pinon nuts “The most palatable of all the wild foods.
