pecans

"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
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modom

Do you raise them? Or do you get a good deal in price for them?

I remember one year where we moved there were loads of cherry trees, free
for the picking. Whatever possessed me to fill buckets full of them.

Dee Dee

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:53:29 -0500, "Dee.Dee" <[email hidden]>

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"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.

Quoted message said:

Do you raise them? Or do you get a good deal in price for them?

I remember one year where we moved there were loads of cherry trees, free
for the picking. Whatever possessed me to fill buckets full of them.

I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.
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modom

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"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.

What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

nancy

modom (palindrome guy) said:

I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.

I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
few hundred bucks as I remember.

But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.

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Reg

Reg said:

modom (palindrome guy) said:

I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.

I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
few hundred bucks as I remember.

I use one of these: http://www.yardlover.com/products.php?pid=4300 My
late mother-in-law gave it to us.

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But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.

"Enjoy" isn't a verb I'd use in the context of shelling pecans. But
it is a stress relief sometimes.
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modom

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modom (palindrome guy) said:

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:53:29 -0500, "Dee.Dee" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.

Do you raise them? Or do you get a good deal in price for them?

Quoted message said:

I remember one year where we moved there were loads of cherry trees, free
for the picking. Whatever possessed me to fill buckets full of them.

I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.

I bought 3 or 4 pounds of them a few days ago for $1.50/#. What I
like even better are hickory nuts. My sister lives on an acre lot
full of shagbarks, but the cursed squirrels get all the nuts because
in town you're not allowed to kill them.

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modom

--Bryan

Nancy Young said:

"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.

What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

nancy

I collected 30#+ (unshelled) of pecans from my tree this season. Many
are in the freezer now.

I don't think there is a "standard" lot size, that would vary with the
minimum zoning from area to area. Presumably the OP is referring to the
usual sub acre city type lot, so three might be around 1 acre or so.

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

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"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.

What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

A quart or two will make decent little Christmas gifts as part of a
packet of munchies. We gave three quarts to our daughter this
morning. And yes most of them are in the freezer.

I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.
When my house was built in 1952, the owner bought the land from a
cotton farmer. (He had to wait till the crop was harvested before
beginning construction.) There's a survey around here someplace, but I
can't put my hands on it right at this moment.
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Reg said:

modom (palindrome guy) said:

I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.

I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
few hundred bucks as I remember.

But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.

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Reg

Any links to those inexpensive shellers?

Pete C. said:

Reg said:

I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
few hundred bucks as I remember.

But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.

Any links to those inexpensive shellers?

I've seen the Kinetic Kracker before and it works well. Many
sources via google. I also see them turn up on ebay from time
to time.

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Reg

Reg said:

Pete C. said:

Reg said:

I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
few hundred bucks as I remember.

But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.

Any links to those inexpensive shellers?

I've seen the Kinetic Kracker before and it works well. Many
sources via google. I also see them turn up on ebay from time
to time.

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Reg

Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.

Pete C. said:

Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.- Hide quoted text -

I buy my pecans from the Atwell Pecan Company in Wrens, Georgia and
I've always wondered how they shell their tons and tons and tons of
pecans they sell nationwide. It must be some golly whopper machine
that does this task.

Pete C. said:

Reg said:

I've seen the Kinetic Kracker before and it works well. Many
sources via google. I also see them turn up on ebay from time
to time.

Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.

Yes, a functioning hopper would be the next step up. If I
come across anything like that I'll post the info.

I'm sure anything you build will blow the doors off a Kinetic
Kracker. Knowing you it'll have afterburners.

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Reg

"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

A quart or two will make decent little Christmas gifts as part of a
packet of munchies. We gave three quarts to our daughter this
morning. And yes most of them are in the freezer.

Better than having too many zucchini, right? Heh.

Quoted message said:

I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.
When my house was built in 1952, the owner bought the land from a
cotton farmer. (He had to wait till the crop was harvested before
beginning construction.) There's a survey around here someplace, but I
can't put my hands on it right at this moment.

Interesting. I was idly curious because I see real estate ads mentioning
double lot like that meant anything. I figured twice the size of adjacent
lots. Then when you said about your lot, I had a funny-ish thought that
a standard lot in Texas would be like a mile square.

nancy

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modom (palindrome guy) said:

So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
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modom

Mine haven't arrived yet. Did you use the wrong zipcode or something?
I heard that it's a bumper crop this year. Lotsa rain.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007

itsjoannotjoann said:

Pete C. said:

Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.- Hide quoted text -

I buy my pecans from the Atwell Pecan Company in Wrens, Georgia and
I've always wondered how they shell their tons and tons and tons of
pecans they sell nationwide. It must be some golly whopper machine
that does this task.

I'm planning on going over there to buy some to send to someone. I'll
ask 'em.

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

modom (palindrome guy) said:

So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
--

modom

Mine haven't arrived yet. Did you use the wrong zipcode or something?
I heard that it's a bumper crop this year. Lotsa rain.

Actually, bumper crop but no rain. Amazingly enough the drought has
worked to the benefit of the pecan crops here.

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:11:26 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

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Interesting. I was idly curious because I see real estate ads mentioning
double lot like that meant anything. I figured twice the size of adjacent
lots. Then when you said about your lot, I had a funny-ish thought that
a standard lot in Texas would be like a mile square.

Out in West Texas, folks talk about land in terms of sections. A
section is 640 acres, or one square mile. Here in the eastern part,
we're less expansive.

OBPecans: I'm going to shell another quart before I toddle off to bed.
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modom

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Goomba38 said:

itsjoannotjoann said:

I buy my pecans from the Atwell Pecan Company in Wrens, Georgia and
I've always wondered how they shell their tons and tons and tons of
pecans they sell nationwide. It must be some golly whopper machine
that does this task.

I'm planning on going over there to buy some to send to someone. I'll
ask 'em.

Oh please do and post the answer here!