Why Pine Nuts Are So Expensive | So Expensive

Pine nuts have long been desired for their unique flavor, use in traditional recipes, and health benefits. They're also one of the most expensive nuts in the world, selling for upwards of $117 per kilogram. So what makes them so special? And why are they so expensive?
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Why Pine Nuts Are So Expensive | So Expensive

[@Waldohasaskit210]

I was hiking once when I got nailed in the head by a pine cone. I thought it was a crazy bad luck until another pine cone fell next to me and then another and another. A squirrel was up in this tall tree just knocking pine cones down at random hikers. They should just hire squirrels to harvest the pine cones.

[@heavysleeperassclapper6054]

Peta?

[@oishd6077]

There are farms in India that hire monkeys to pick betel nuts and coconuts

[@janiceperez9538]

I wonder just in case,how would the squirrel get paid?

[@janiceperez9538]

@@internetcat6461 fair enough

[@janiceperez9538]

@@internetcat6461 maybe he means peta will collect the animal wages lmao

[@umaikakudo]

Professional arborist here: The climbers could easily eliminate almost all risk by using affordable and common harness and rope designed for tree climbing arborists and loggers. They not only speed up climbing and decent, they also allow you to use pole tools more efficiently and reduce physical strain and injury. Something is fishy about the companies complaining about high insurance costs. They are just trying to save a couple hundred dollars per climber in gear which saves lives, reduces injury, lowers insurance claims, and increases productivity. It's penny wise pound foolish and shows a deep disregard for the wellbeing of the workers. Other countries industry regulators in the US and EU require this equipment while it isn't regulated nor widely uses in countries like India.

[@typicalrockhound9887]

Yeah theres some fancy stuff out there now , helped out a guy cut some trees for a customer . Needed a groundsman . No reason for companies to not have updated gear . Especially during these times of rocket rides .

[@ajayrawat5590]

lol, in India we don't even eat these pine-nuts and usually just lay in forest and maybe you forgot that the video was about China and not about India. Having half knowledge is very dangerous as an american and Europeans all illegal and dangerous work to be outsourced to less developed countries so that they don't have to pay for well being and security of workers altogether.

[@thecarrotdude]

Really bizarre that the video is about China but you're calling out India. Perhaps it's true but it seems like you have a bias.

[@michaelvalenzuela2528]

I was in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Telephone section were the Pole Climbers. They faced two hazards, falling (obviously) and stabbing themselves with the Gaff ( the Spur on the climbing gear)

[@wangruochuan]

here is the thing. you are an arborist and you are professional trained personnel. you work in a company with all legal paper and stuff cover everything. on the other, these guys in china work for those forest contractors. these guys are like farm owner rented the forest. they just hire these seasonal workers during these times. these pine cone pickers are more like those Mexican guys work on american farms. you get no safety and papers. you work hard, you get money. you dont want to do it, there are others want. Or they raise the price for the work until somebody would do. There is no company or fishiness involved. the dude talking is going to sell his seeds to real "companies" to further process or label the products then enter the supermarket. The situation is like how these truffle finding people work. individuals or people hire hands for work.

[@mercster]

"It's actually flat if you don't look down." Wise words.

[@leahcimwerdna5209]

That shit will keep your ass from panicking if you haven't already

[@polarspirit]

The earth is flat

[@ngmui430]

@@polarspirit your brain waves are flat

[@RestoringReality]

I love it! I came here to add a comment stating the same thing because any other conclusion would be absurd.

[@ArizonaJoshua]

@@polarspirit yeah, just like your wallet huh

[@coolworx]

2:17 "It's actually flat, if you don't look down" After harvesting, they use this guys humor to dry the pine nuts.

[@316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7]

When I was living in Flagstaff, Arizona, I had a Navajo friend/"auntie" that would take me to the reservation and we'd go Pinon pine nut gathering. The women would put a tarp under the Pinon pine and then shake the tree. The nuts would fall out of the pine cones onto the tarp and we'd gather them up. Then we'd take them to a "gathering" place, wash them, put them in a 50 gallon drum of water. Whatever nuts floated to the top were bad and skimmed off. After that, they went into another 50 gallon drum of salt water and would soak from 1-3 days. We'd let them air dry and then roast them in a drum over an open fire. These nuts were no bigger than the size of a pinky nail but they were sooooo good!

[@Marbella125]

I never picked the one's in Arizona, but have seen they are huge compared to the ones from New Mexico and Southern Colorado Ill have to try them someday

[@dannygreen5477]

....Amazing..

[@aolvaar8792]

You place a box underground, and have mice fill it with nuts, then you vacuum the nuts out and weigh them and add twice as much corn back. The White Man adds no corn back, and lets the mice die. In the year after a wet year, Hanta Virus from the mice droppings (eating raw nuts vs. roasted)

[@chairmankim3028]

True man when I camp up in flagstaff we do the whole process like you explained it there really are good

[@ryanwuryan7584]

@@aolvaar8792 facts

[@ETamJP]

Good article. I like to eat pine nuts and had wondered why some are so expensive, but others are not. So long as the workers are paid based on their efforts and the dangers, I’m okay with that. No one is forcing me to buy after all. Almonds and pistachios are cheaper, but their farming is terrible. Water usage for these nuts is a lot.

[@tetryl1]

Yep, I don't think 99.9% of the population understand how taxing those are to the water supplies. Kinda like avocados. All of them are terrible.

[@stephanieyee9784]

Yes the amount of water needed to grow almonds and pistachios is ridiculous. It's the same with cotton. Hemp is so much more environmentally friendly and needs very little water compared with cotton.

[@rainmind]

@tetryl1 You are mistaken. The majority knows how taxing they are on water supplies. They just don't care, nor they feel responsible. If they are available, they buy and enjoy them, worryless . They let others worry about that. And that can pretty much be extended to almost anything. Our oceans are full of plastic, however, plastic is convenient and still legal, so let's use it and let others and other generations worry about it. That is the average attitude. And it will probably still be like that until there is almost no water left. And even then, if they can afford that water, they will not worry about those who can't. They ll let them do the worrying.

[@mydadleftformilk]

Why don't you eat THESE NUTS

[@snowmiaow]

Especially the almonds. They are draining the aquifer for a quick buck and they know it.

[@KickYouInTheThroat]

I remember going to work as a chef at a new restaurant, and discovered what had to be a 40 pound box of peeled pine nuts just sitting in the walk-in. I knew it was like staring at a pile of money. When I spoke to the owner about the massive potential losses from the theft of this one box, whether little by little or all at once, I was asked to keep quiet about their value. Sure enough they went missing a few weeks later, on my day OFF. Tried to tell him but he wanted to act like people dont know shit.

[@russelllariscylll9938]

Somebody stole $1100 worth of nuts lol weird

[@GrowingwithAnastasia]

I went to a banquet dinner and they had a huge bowl full at the salad bar, I was blown away. It had to be $500 in pine nuts just sitting there. I wanted to pour the bowl into my purse lol

[@cryofsolace4840]

the owner took them

[@gregorsamsa1364]

Plenty of restaurants regularly have quite expensive ingredients sitting in their refrigerators- sometimes far, far more expensive than pine nuts. They need to if that's what they prepare and serve. And most people who work in a restaurant don't have any convenient way of turning something like a box of pine nuts into a significant amount of money

[@Richard-Reloaded]

Stole them on you "day off" 😂

[@ter8901]

i cultivate them in NY. My grandpa started some in the 60's on our farm as an ornamental tree fence like row. They are good in cookies also

[@violetblue4317]

They are The Best in Cookies ! Really Nice story - It must be a Beautiful farm.

[@tic857]

this same species?

[@heyhoe168]

Your grandpa was a wise man.

[@Albanez39]

Let's not forget the best and most popular thing pine nuts are used for: PESTO!

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Feel it in my body butterfly is fake 😭

[@jamesdooling4139]

I had no idea... I eat these lightly toasted and salted by the handful when I come back from the store with them about 3 times a year -- around holidays as ingredients. Next time, I will be more reverent. ❤

[@thesilentone4024]

Plant it if its not rosted china does snow too so it can grow here well unless your in a desert then please refrain from planting.

[@Interestingworld4567]

@@thesilentone4024 dude you have to wait like 25 to 50 years

[@thesilentone4024]

@@Interestingworld4567 well if you own your home then don't you want your kids and grandkids and grate grandchildren to have tasty food for free and not pay god know how much in there times it can be a Airloom.

[@oreomanscookiesmilk7132]

@@thesilentone4024 The amount of families that live in the same home for generations is pretty slim.

[@oreomanscookiesmilk7132]

@@thesilentone4024 In fact i havent known a single person in my life that has lived in a house thats been in the family for generations.

[@kaushiktlk]

The same 2 reasons for "why so expensive": it's rare and a lot of manual effort is involved.

[@atanui1]

The content of the video is more than that.

[@PsyDei]

Nah, some times it's "because people will pay that price for it for no good reason"

[@_Painted]

The video is just incorrect though according to the real prices I see in the USA. The real prices I see have fresh pine nuts only costing 22% more than shelled pistachios by weight.

[@combsbrushes777]

Jesus christ is coming back, people look to God put him first read your bible and pray Jesus loves you" .

[@Albanez39]

Sometimes it's also companies trying to earn more than they should. Think iPhones for example...

[@vivianscircle]

We pick similar nuts like these ourselves when we go to the forest in Greece. We put them by the fire to open them slowly and then we take the seeds out. Very tasty. I was amazed to see how expensive they are in the USA!

[@_Painted]

They aren't that expensive in the USA. I don't understand this video. I see pine nuts online for sale right now at $42.85 per kilogram vs $35.22 for pistachios. The video said pine nuts can cost >$117 per kilogram and pistachios $39, but only the pistachio price even resembles the real prices I see in the USA. Was this video made during an abnormal pine nut shortage?

[@yunan9610]

@@_Painted different species probably

[@Albanez39]

Everything is more expensive in the US...except for petrol.

[@stefthorman8548]

@@Albanez39 and food, basically everything is cheaper compared to socialist Europe, where they tax everything.

[@Albanez39]

@@stefthorman8548 You're confused. Everything is more expensive in the US mate. Mainly because of malevolent corporations that just want to profit off of consumers while barely paying a living wage to their workers. In "socialist" Europe there are laws and regulations that tax corporations for the common good. We pay taxes and get free healthcare, affordable education, great transportation. You pay a lot of taxes and get none of the above.

[@evan1238]

For the first time I think ever on this show, the laborers seemed to actually get paid a decent wage. Usually it's like "The workers will exchange their 4 bags at 130 pounds a piece for around 6,000 yaberan, or little less than 7 U.S. dollars"

[@AerysBat]

China is becoming wealthy

[@user-cd1wi3jp2s]

They don't get much security equipment...

[@joek81981]

I thought the same thing. I was fully expecting a pittance.

[@MissMisnomer_]

Yeah I was surprised, because if you do the math for two weeks of labor they're making about $1,700. That's legit how much I make, and I have an office job. It's nice to see that some of the laborers out there are getting paid their due amount, which is rare in China these days

[@raccoonvid9665]

@@user-cd1wi3jp2s прикол

[@hritikjuyal5484]

I had no idea that these cones have seeds in them, that are edible. Whenever i use to visit my mom's village in Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand, India, me and my sister use to play with those cones or paint them. The majority trees in the surrounding area of the village is pine.

[@warmachine3943]

These r chirguze right?

[@introtwerp]

@@warmachine3943 chilgoza yes

[@ackshayshukla]

Dude they lie on the grounds in uttarakhand on the top of the hills and everywhere. We went there on a wedding ceremony and we were playing with it. Gend-taadi khel rahe the hum ussey. 😐

[@introtwerp]

@@ackshayshukla omg wah

[@God-Fragrance]

It's called chilgoza

[@diegowiii]

Here in Brazil, we have a different kind of pine nut, it's from the Araucária tree, we call it "Pinhão". It's very common in the southern region, people traditionaly gather it from the trees and roast them on fire, it's very delicious! 😋 And it's also used in many recipes like "Farofa de Pinhão", it is like a savoury crumble, i just simply love it! 😍 And it's cheap! here in my city I pay about R$ 9,00 for a kilo, wich is about 1,5 dollars!

[@guilhermefarias7295]

Sim!! Eu fiquei pensando nisso agora kkkk

[@wildswan221]

Do they roast the whole pine cone to remove the seeds easily? Or roast the seed with the hull intact? I have a pine tree...will try! Sounds delicious.

[@davidturner4076]

@@wildswan221 the "Araucaria" is very different from pine trees of the Northern Hemisphere. The pines produced by the trees weight maky pounds and will kill or severely injure you if you happen to be on the wrong place at the wrong time. That said, the pines are broken into hundereds of individual seeds called "pinhões"pretty easily (just throw them on the ground) and the seeds can be boiled or roasted, depending on what flavour you like (boiling is a bit harder but better in my opinion). If you roast the seeds, it is very easy to remove the husk by just hitting it once or twice with a small hammer. If you boil them, just bite the back of the seed and the edible part comes out at the front. It may sound hard but it really isn't, and each seed is at least one inch tall and half an inch wide. Very worth it in my opinion. When I was in southern Brazil I ate tons of "pinhões", and even tough about bringing them to plant in Georgia, but I suppose this is illegal since it is not a native specie to the US.

[@sacoto98]

O Pinhão em Portugal é infelizmente caríssimo mas o Pinhão do pinheiro português é delicioso mas o governo português está a substituir os pinheiros por eucaliptos

[@FjordTrotter]

In the USA its called "Brazil Nut"... we have them imported here and sold as-is. Nothing compares to pine nuts sorry

[@snivanov]

I live in Middle Ural and you can buy locally collected siberian pine nuts in shell for as little as 200 rubles (about $3) per 1l jar. Cones go cheaper.Hand thrashing tool and de-shelling mill is not that difficult to make, although thrasing and shelling takes time and creates a lot of waste. Shells (or whole nut with seed) could be used to infuse alcohol and together with chaga, dried wild berries and herbs and honey you can make pretty amazing bewerage. If you have oil press or melager you can make delicious slald oil and urbech (very finely milled nut paste).

[@annorawal5168]

Pine trees literally cover my village, looks like I'll need to start picking them

[@MLT1998]

We call them Piñon here in New Mexico and we’re not climbing a tree lol. We wait until the cones fall.

[@jonathanrequena4361]

Aye a fellow New Mexican these piñones are basically sacred to the state lovely

[@joeygrey9878]

Hello! Would you happen to know where on-line I could order current season New Mexico pine nuts? I have emailed a couple of sites, but have not heard back. Thanks!

[@MrBakedDaily]

@@joeygrey9878 my man the whole south has plenty of pine nuts so much we don't even harvest them and let them rot .

[@joeygrey9878]

@@MrBakedDaily Too bad. I would like to buy some. Thanks for the reply.

[@intel2133]

Pinhão in Brazil.

[@azngettoone]

i have always wanted to know why pine nuts were so hardcore expensive. i go to safeway and it costs a horse and a goat.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

You're getting ripped off, it only costs me a pig.

[@elcompavergolia9986]

A horse and a goat or 20 very fertile egg laying chickens.

[@leolechien007]

There are places where you could buy a harem at that price!

[@iShop4Kickz]

I’m on break and i saw this while working at Safeway

[@aslanmane]

Didn't know they had Safeways in Afghanistan.

[@Rahul_Maithani21]

The fruit is called "chunti - छूंती" in our native language in Uttarakhand,India. And during childhood we used to pick the fruit and roast it in fire and pick the nuts from inside the fruit and eat it

[@lostpockets2227]

liar

[@anandpatel1074]

Cool! Thanks for sharing

[@Jitendra_Rawat]

सही बात च भैजी ❤️

[@danasy87]

I don’t get what an increased demand for hummus has to do with the demand for pine nuts. Hummus is made with tahini and that is made from sesame seeds… as far as I know there is no need for pine nuts if you are making hummus.

[@lidaa8514]

I thought this too

[@therealdeal894]

Sometimes, I see hummus topped with several pine nuts.

[@selenawaie1775]

Hummus is almost always topped with pine nuts where i'm from and from what i've seen ask any arab and they will tell you it's an essential topping

[@Robert-xn3dc]

Oh boy hummus be crazy for not thinkin gthis

[@TheBooban]

I didn’t know there were edible nuts inside pine cones. Never tasted one.

[@rdallas81]

Squirrels eat them too.

[@Cocomokun]

Yes there are no nuts to eat, usually just licked

[@erikvannik5208]

They are very tasty, but cost really hits the pocket

[@stephanielekas583]

Deer also indulge .ask a hunter

[@user-ef7zr2sq3t]

light sweet taste, very soft nuts. they are very healthy and nutritious

[@melmicsim]

Hummus? I thought that was traditionally made with chick peas.

[@christopherp6370]

it is

[@StrongerThanOceans21]

some have pine nuts added in, kinda like you can get garlic hummus.

[@jerisin8859]

pine nut hummus is like caviar

[@isabellavalencia8026]

@Mike Sixx only as a secondary ingredient

[@dhusseini]

As an Arab (Palestinian) I was surprised they mentioned hummus, because pine nuts are only used to garnish hummus. Admittedly, we generously use pine nuts as a topping for most festive savory dishes.

[@stephanieyee9784]

This was a really interesting and informative video. I love pine nuts and, like most people, have sometimes wondered why they are so expensive. And now I know. From the get-go when the harvesters start climbing the trees to the end of the threshing its clear its a difficult commodity to produce. Thank you.

[@entvisual]

*I agree expensive* and healthy I remember my grandpa telling me how they Siberian pine / Siberian Cedar nuts in Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🌰patience, and good timing needed for *perfect harvest!!*

[@datgamer2132]

i just go to the mountains and pick them from the pine cone

[@entvisual]

@@datgamer2132 yes nature nice! 💜🌲

[@user-li2fy4hu7p]

not expensive!!!!! I sell these. only scammers sell for that much. the company i work for sells for $30 a kg and they look better quality than whats in this video..

[@CuttingEdge49]

No food products from China are healthy and safe.

[@averagebasementdweller2896]

@@CuttingEdge49 ok whatever u say buddy

[@marioseoul]

so interesting and coincidental, yesterday i went grocery shopping outside Seoul and the total was over $100 (in Korean won of course). i expected $80 or so, so i asked the cashier what made it so expensive. it was the 280 gram jar of pine nuts! oops. good to know the hard work that goes into it, i'll appreciate it even more.

[@bryannag.]

wow those people are hard workers… i wish them nothing but the best in life thank you for what you do.. i just wish they weren’t put in danger 😢

[@gokobe9121]

Lady they are fuckinh working and making a living! what do you mean put in danger?

[@pepsiman7033]

@@gokobe9121 I mean you do have to climb up 100 ft trees all day

[@Roarpian]

Very impressive - providing insights of the enormous effort goes behind food that is so accessible

[@ngmui430]

“these bags go to a processing facility” = they are dumped on the ground in a parking lot.

[@jamesgoldring1052]

Reminds me of the scene from Toy Story when Andy Drops his toy "I don't want to play with you anymore"

[@teebo5298]

Ahh brings me back to the old days pine cone wars lol . The green ones were bullets could leave. A nice welt

[@Kennedys_Korner]

Same here. In the sticks of Mississippi. Screw the green ones lol

[@MrBakedDaily]

@@Kennedys_Korner Same where I grew up in southern Mississippi they were perfect bombs.

[@BornIn1500]

@BIBLE DEFENDER 144 woah easy there commando. Which terrorist group do you belong to? ISIS or BLM?

[@Semiotichazey]

@@BornIn1500 NRA

[@BornIn1500]

@@Semiotichazey Last I saw, the NRA doesn't have riots where they loot, burn buildings of innocent small business owners, destroy historic buildings/statues, and violently attack innocent people. Which, come to think of it, is exactly what BLM do.

[@elcompavergolia9986]

Not only are they so expensive, they are so delicious.

[@bluebellcrushedvelvet]

I'm kinda gutted that they didn't show the Mediterranean veraity!!! I am from the Med and actually grew up as a child right by a pinetree forest! I remember many sweet childhood memories picking those comes and trying to get the pinenuts and the task was always a challenge and an entertainment! And made those little nugets so much more tasty and valuable!

[@cm88388]

this is cool, i love getting to peak behind the curtain and see the real-world production of the goods we consume. reminds me of when I used to work in vineyards

[@animpastaishere6466]

i have always wanted to know why pine nuts are so expensive.

[@alexhoudini2429]

because real pine nuts growing in Siberia. There is NO pine nuts on this video. I telling you it as Siberian guy who was many times in pine forest to get some nuts.

[@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii]

now you know

[@lucaschiantodipepe2015]

The common pesto in Italy has a very little percentage of pine nuts (local tree) ,and a bigger quantity of cheaper anacardi/cashew nuts (imported) . When imported goods are cheaper then the locals. By the way in the Italian cuisine pine nuts are very common.

[@mirkox90]

That's just industrial low cost pesto though. True pesto is made with pine nuts only.

[@lucaschiantodipepe2015]

@Cauto???

[@BB-un2ts]

I do mine with 100% pine nuts. With the Mediterranean variety (could find them easily in the ground.)

[@hatac]

The Romans had huge harvests of pine nuts. They planted them near cliffs, aqueducts, tall buildings and walls. Thus someone with a long pole could get at the nuts from above.

[@aircastles1013]

Smart!

[@joeyjoe7930]

This was so fascinating! I had never before thought about where pine nuts came from or how they were harvested.

[@insano_squancho]

L + ratio + you're dogwater kiddo

[@gaywizard2000]

Know your sources!

[@tiffanylin099]

😊

[@ScaredDonut]

Used to have lots of those trees around my place when I was a kid. Those nuts tasted so gooood

[@mattpelofske4632]

I live in New Mexico USA we have a small species of pine that puts out the tastiest nut in the world they get sold locally in the Shell roasted and salted all over the state

[@beatpirate8]

Wow I didn’t know it was such hard work and only in certain regions thank you

[@NathanHarrison7]

Who knew?! You did. And now I do too! Thank you!

[@MegaTepatitlan]

The best pine nuts I’ve ever had are Mexican pink pine nuts. We use them in cakes and other food.

[@Klm49]

Living in NY State here. How do we get them up here without a road trip to the southwest??

[@MEOWMEOW-sw3bw]

Ohhh

[@samsonsoturian6013]

No matter what it is, you can be sure there's a super expensive version for rich chumps to consume and young men risk their lives to obtain....

You do realize people still climb trees with chainsaws?

[@honor9458]

I guess I'm a rich chump here

[@connordilworth64]

Such evil rich people! Even though those young men choose that career. Also I have climbed tall pine trees like that just for fun plenty of times, I would love that job lol, as I don’t have any trees like that on my property to climb unfortunately

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@connordilworth64 I wasn't blame shifting at all. Especially when no safety gear at all is used despite the complaints about insurance and personal risk.

[@neilnicco]

I am so embarrased to say I never ever pictured pine nuts coming from actual pine cones/ pine trees. Actually, I never bothered to think about where they come from. 💀

[@samira9828]

In Portugal we have thousands of pine nuts trees everywhere and you have just to climb it or get a stick to bring it down and enjoy eating it for free .😊😊

[@Lucas-md8gg]

Sério?

[@samira9828]

@@Lucas-md8gg sim nos chamamos isso de pinhões.

[@SpiritualBabe101]

Never had pine nuts before. Must be nice

[@CyberRacer]

Tastes trash if you dont like nuts, never knew these were expensive but ig it will taste better now if i eat it knowing its expensive

[@noamwubi1915]

u never ate a pasta with pesto ?

[@kenwoodburn5244]

They’re absolutely disgusting

[@nurdl6413]

they are good just have to toast them and they are amazing

[@dontbememe7364]

they are tasty

[@insectbite1714]

Next video: *Why Trees Are so Expensive| So Expensive*

[@yangmingmeng5414]

Why is wood so expensive

[@gvs6462]

Why trees don't exist.

[@liguow]

Why you don’t exist

[@sammysusuu]

@Elite_Astral13 why illusion is a illiusion but at the same time it isnt a illusion

[@freshstart4423]

We have pine trees in the USA. All pine trees produce edible pine nuts. The trees can be cut shorter for farming purposes. My name is Margaret Kpeh in Glendale Arizona USA 🇺🇸. I care about truth and justice.

[@TD_JR]

First time I really had them was decades ago when my best friend's grandmother, who left Italy after WW2, came to the US and with her the best Caponata I've ever had.

[@richardlangner5573]

Well now, I'll never complain about the high price of these nuts again. Great video!

[@MaximYudayev]

And yet harvesters and processors get a small fraction of the price that the enduser pays for it. Same like with cocoa, cashews, etc.

[@dragon12234]

Yup. Each middleman increases the price further. And with long distance trading there are a lot of middlemen

[@killingtime669]

Same with all farming.

[@KiwiImpactSaint]

It’s much better now than what it used to be due to internet transparency.

[@SkankHunt42isback]

Who tf cares. Slavery should just be legal again, everything would be so cheal

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Just wait until you discuss diamonds!

[@Shjankee]

Pinon’s are soo good. There’s always someone with a van and tables full of them on the side of the road in New Mexico

[@mostintriguing21]

This is amazing, to know all this and we have thousands of these trees here in Jamaica not attended to, we are never too old to learn.

[@mvblitzyo]

most excellent information ..

[@chistinelane]

Man they are worth it for me. They are my favorite food of all time

[@professionalcommenter]

One of my favorite foods too.

[@30secondsTHESIS]

It grows around cold places up hills, i saw many pines like these, never knew they r edible

[@rinkupahuja1526]

Great knoledgment

[@bkr1064]

Great vid wish it was longer

[@JS-fb6ww]

Climbing way up high like that... That's nuts!

[@Klm49]

Wink wink!!

[@patricksanders858]

Pinenuts are not generally used to make hummus. That's Chickpea and sesame.

[@JuanPablo-xy3lf]

It’s typical to top hummus with it. In many countries in the east as pine 🌲 trees inhabit a lot of the world.

[@Vikseproducts]

I never knew you could eat pine nuts. Cool video, now I need to try them.

[@Mystupidheart123]

I never knew we even eat pine nuts until now 😄

[@david65768]

Here in the south of Brasil we have the pine nut cousin called pinhão, its amazing!!

[@AzureKite191]

Are you from Rio Grande Do Sul?

[@david65768]

@@AzureKite191 I live in a nearby state called Paraná :)

[@imho2278]

We used to pick them from cones fallen on the ground. As far as I recall, the taste is similar to macadamia.

[@nessaj4522]

Wow. 2021 thanks for the video.

[@Mohairp53]

Very informative

[@JK-uj9hs]

I remember this Chinese place nearby would include these nuts in family meals, they were pretty tasty.

[@Momo-hl9xh]

my neighbor uncle used to work in a restaurant that made Pulao and whenever we visited, he used to take me and dad to the kitchen and gave me a pack full of pine (we called it snober) nuts, raisins and cashews! Man those tasted so good, a sweet soft nutty taste. Never knew it was this expensive.

[@joshs3775]

2:15 love this guy. "it's actually flat if you don't look down" lol

[@discgolfcasados2024]

In Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado we have a species of pine trees known as Piñon. I love going out to find where the harvest is every year with family and friends which location does change annually. They are so delicious and can sell from $25-$35 for a quart sized un-roasted bag. It's a way different flavor than the Chinese counterpart you find in stores.

[@Kaotiqua]

Better flavor- and a lot easier to get them yourself than pay crazy Chinese import prices. Pinion pine trees don't need to be climbed to get them, either. They just fall when you shake the tree. :D

[@bleepbloopskrrr]

Piñon wood also smells amazing 😌

[@aviphysics]

I wish they would just use normal median values for stuff. Pine nuts are expensive, but not normally $100/kg.

[@Albanez39]

Exactly...we buy them for around $50/kg in Southern Europe.

[@profitlemon321]

Stupid question but I live in Minneapolis can I just go climb A pine cone tree every 2 years we got a lot and sum time hangs decorations and presents under 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@valleygirl4161]

It’s a good question. I don’t know but I think it has to be a certain type of pine tree.

[@tawhiomartin2184]

So the things that bang my head when I walk through the bush are priceless ..

[@AlyxGlide]

Delicious! compost the husks for fertilizer

[@RealDarkBlade]

Well, unlike some other industries, albeit it's a temporary work, they get a decent pay

[@abdulrehmanzulfiqarlatif]

Pine nuts in pakistan are called " Chilghouza" they are very yummy

[@ackshayshukla]

Dodo used to walk around and take the sun and air... The sun yet warms his native ground but the dodo is not there. 😏

[@Drawinnunez]

And very very expensive

[@jonwarner1977]

Used to get several burlap sacks of Pinon pine cones in western Utah and east Nevada. Very sticky cones and the best way to get the sap off was to wash with kerosene. Even though we had gloves and tossed them the sap got everywhere. The harvested nuts made it worth it though. Yum!

[@richardackerman838]

I use to add pine nuts to my meatballs for spaghetti with meatballs. Beef, pork and veal in the meatballs. I still have one bag of nuts in my freezer. Now, even veal is hard to find. Interesting video, thankQ.

[@Vinlyguyx420x]

The expensive cost is justified if it’s for worker insurance, especially if the dude climbing up a 40ft tree just so I can have fresh pesto!

[@moos5221]

Pine Nuts only cost ~35€ per kg in Germany right now. I've frequently bought them and eat them roasted on salads or other dishes and they have never been more expensive then other nuts/seeds to be honest. I wonder why they seem to be so much more expensive whereever the producers of this documentary are from...if they are from the USA then maybe China-USA tax war is the answer.

[@lilmisstrouble85]

Pine nuts are my fave flavour!! Nothing beats a good roasted pine nut.

[@Mrbfgray]

As a kid we'd often spend a fall day in the pinon forests around 7k ft. altitude to harvest these nuts. Fresh soft and wet are an entirely different animal, nothing like the crap you can buy dried. Pinons are nothing like the trees shown here tho and the nuts are different. Pinons are not very tall but dense and bushy, we'd spread tarps below and bash the cones out of tree. Some yrs the cones were sparse and not very productive other yrs were extremely laden with cones and nuts. Anyway we'd have buckets of nuts for the winter and have baggies of them in our school lunches.

[@JohnMoseley]

Hummus made with pine nuts? Never heard of that. The usual thing is to make it with tahini, which is puréed sesame seeds.

[@summe1972]

Exactly. Never heard of hummus made with pine nuts. As a topping? Sure. But not an ingredient.

[@JohnMoseley]

@@summe1972 Yeah, maybe toppings for hummus is what the video meant. Still not something I've seen often.

[@Albanez39]

Pesto Genovese is the most popular dish made out of them.

[@Kr0nicDragon]

You’re telling me we can send bozo into space, but we can’t design a machine to pick a pine cone...wow

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

It’s cheap Chinese labor. Up until recently, they used to use shovels and picks instead of backhoes and bulldozers to move soil for huge projects.

[@DarthRevan474]

I agree and can't say I am surprised. We all knew they were going to try and go back and do patch work to make the sequela actually make sense.

[@filipemartins9935]

Love your videos. Just wish you'd dub the interviewers because I often listen to it on the background. Cheers

[@RicardoRibeiroYT]

European here: Those pinecones are weird asf! Also, price per KG is way higher

[@TximYT]

*Explains why they are so expensive*

[@thesailingkiwi]

very interesting

[@ilianavazquez3135]

They're so beautiful looking... And jeesh god bless them who climb up there...

[@prajun__v]

Love from India❤️❤️🌝

[@hnegii]

These pine nuts are also available at northern India mainly at kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh . Which is located at high altitude and tough terrain. This region is mostly cold and occasionally heavy snowfall happens. These pine nuts are so expensive here also approximately 2400 rupees per kg

[@msalvi6302]

Here in Bay Area, there are a lot of pine cones on the street. I take the larger ones and put them in sun. In a few days they dry up and open. There are small pine nuts in it, takes a while to make a mouthful.

[@bbjagaa]

I used to climb trees to get the cones, but in my place grow cedar trees. They have the same look and taste as pine, but more nutritious and tasty

[@lamichael8659]

lebenese?

[@bbjagaa]

@@lamichael8659 Mongolia

[@clintaudette3683]

The answers is almost always "because it's a lot of goddamned work", or "it's dangerous as all hell."

[@beatngu8530]

This is nuts, I didn’t know we could eat pine cone 😁, and i grew up with pine trees in Kentucky.

[@Cat-tastrophee]

Not all of them are edible, though!

[@BoomerElite4u]

Worked as a professional tree climber for a power company for years. Climb up trees and trim the limbs out if they are encroaching on power lines. Now I'm starting to wonder if I could have made a lot of extra money because I seen these things all the time.

[@jameswind1902]

It's look so delicious

[@AlienAudree]

They ain’t that expensive here in NM😂 we have pine trees almost everywhere here and they are not that hard to harvest. Just put a tarp down on the floor and shake the shit out of the tree 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@IOnlyDrinkGlycolBasedFluids]

Yeah, you can get a pound for about forty at the roadside depending on the seller

[@ZaJaClt]

@@IOnlyDrinkGlycolBasedFluids I want to see her shake a siberian pine tree

[@IOnlyDrinkGlycolBasedFluids]

@@ZaJaClt look up New Mexico pinon, they aren't that big...

[@manickayak9221]

We used to gather them all the time in Northern Arizona. It was fun and cheap!

[@ZaJaClt]

@@IOnlyDrinkGlycolBasedFluids I only ever knew bout siberian pine nuts, those be huuuge :) my bad

[@stafonvoncamron]

Weird, most people use them as Christmas decoration , not to eat.

[@luniers4629]

THose are the open cones, which usually no longer hold any seeds.

[@hoaphanthi5267]

Wow. So interesting. Looking back, I realize that I used to waste so many pine nuts. We didn't know the benefits of them. We just burned them to cook. Now, they are still used to make fire. There are a plenty of pine nuts in my hometown not traded 😂 Maybe I should run my own business and make them marketable in the future. LOL

[@kexcz8276]

Damn. I am adding the tasting of those nuts to my bucket list, because I am so interested in their taste 😆