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>> Osgood: TIME TO GIVE THANKS
FOR THE PECAN.
>> IN TERMS OF SALES IN THE
UNITED STATES PECANS RANK
SECOND AFTER PEANUTS.
>> Osgood: AUTHOR JUNE JACKSON
OUGHT TO KNOW.
>> IT'S A TREE NUT.
THE ONLY TREE NUT THAT IS
INDIGENOUS ONLY TO THE UNITED
STATES.
>> Osgood: PECANS ARE A
THANKSGIVING STAPLE.
AND NOT JUST IN PIES.
>> WE CAN DO THE HORS D'OEUVRE
ITEMS IN CHEESE BALLS.
YOU CAN TAKE IT NEXT INTO THE
FIRST COURSE, THAT IS, THE
SOUP.
AND THEN ON TO SALADS AND THEN
YOU HAVE ENTREES OF ALL KINDS
AND SIDE DISHES.
>> Osgood: PECAN IS A NATIVE
AMERICAN WORD MEANING "NUT TOO
HARD TO BE CRACKED BY HAND."
THE EARLIEST AMERICANS BEGAN
CULTIVATING THE PECAN IN 16th
CENTURY AND WERE THE FIRST TO
DISCOVER ITS HEALTH BENEFITS.
PECANS ARE GROWN MAINLY IN THE
SOUTH.
MORE THAN 500 VARIETIES.
MOST OF THE WORLD'S CROP.
AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
PICKING THEM FROM UNDER
SOMEBODY ELSE'S TREE.
GEORGIA'S SHERIFF WARNED PECAN
SNATCHERS THIS PAST WEEK THAT
THEY'LL DO HARD TIME FOR
STEALING THE HARD-SHELLED NUT.
AND BEFORE YOU ENJOY YOUR WARM
SLICE OF HONEST-TO-COME-BY PIE,
CONSIDER ONE LAST QUESTION.
IS IT PEE-CAN OR PE-KAHN?
>> WE PRONOUNCE THE WORD
PRETTY MUCH MY GRANDPARENTS
DID.
I SAY PE-KAHN.
AND THE PEE-CAN PEOPLE SAY