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Shown
above on the scale in the picture is the $20 dollar "standard"
sandwich sized zip lock bag of Pinon nuts. This full bag weighs
10.9 ounces or about $30.00 a pound in Albuquerque. If this
bag stuffed to the point where it is difficult to close it
is 3/4 pound.
Buying
Piñon nuts from the man down the road is a tradition
here in New Mexico. The vendors here sell it by the bag. The
bag prices range from $5 to $20 on the roadside table. The
smaller the bag the higher the per pound price. The small
$2 & $5 bag are $40 a pound.
What factors go into the price?
Piñon
nuts burn easily. The roaster takes the risk... any one who
has cooked pinon nuts has burned pinon nuts - You are paying
the roaster for the work.
Pinons lose weight when they are roasted... So there is more
pinon in a bag of roasted than raw.
Pinon nuts are a hand harvested wild crop and are harvested
on average once every 3-7 years as the ol' timers say. Piñon
nuts are rare. Supply and demand work out the price.
Above is an
example of one pound in a bag
versus the ziplock sandwich baggie sized bag.
We
slow oven roast, and the flavor is outstanding - so you don't
have come to New Mexico for great authentic roasted Pinon
nuts - or risk burning it buy roasting it yourself.. Just
try our pinon nuts once.. You'll see.
Our
Pinon is cleaned and slow oven roasted in a process we think
is second to none.
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