Toasted Pine Nut

Pine nut

Pine nuts, also called piñón, pinoli, or pignoli, are the edible seeds of pines. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, only 29 species provide edible nuts, while 20 are traded locally or internationally owing to their seed size being large enough to be worth harvesting; in other pines, the seeds are also edible but are too small to be of notable value as human food. The biggest exporters of pine nuts are China, Russia, North Korea, and Pakistan.

Toast (food)

Toast is sliced bread that has been browned by radiant heat. The browning is the result of a Maillard reaction altering the flavor of the bread and making it crispier in texture. The firm surface is easier to spread toppings on and the warmth can help spreads such as butter reach their melting point. Toasting is a common method of making stale bread more palatable. Bread is commonly toasted using devices specifically designed for such, e.g., a toaster or a toaster oven. Toast may contain more acrylamide, caused by the browning process, which is suspected to be a carcinogen. However, claims that acrylamide in burnt food causes cancer have not been proven.

Pine

Pines ) are a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The species are trees or shrubs with their leaves in bunches, usually of 2 to 5 needles. The seeds are carried on woody cones, with two seeds to each cone scale.

toasted

Adjective

1. Cooked by toasting.
2. Very hot.

Verb

1. simple past and past participle of toast

pine

Noun

1. Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
2. Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

Noun

1. A painful longing.

nut

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Nùng.

Noun

1. Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
2. Such a fruit that is indehiscent.