Has anybody been buying nuts for holiday recipes? Jesus, $10 for 12 oz of pecans?

[hatrack]

Damn. Just ridiculous.

Even the bulk nuts (break out the pliers) are $6 and $7 per pound.

[hlthe2b]

1. Costco usually has the best prices...

but yeah, nuts have gotten incredibly expensive.

[LiberalEsto]

2. You'd think with all the nuts running around the country

that the price would go down.

Alas, not all nuts are nuts.

[RebelOne]

3. Come to Georgia to buy them.

They are a lot cheaper. After all, we grow them here.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Not that much cheaper

A buck or two, maybe. Two years worth of drought has driven prices up pretty high. And, the fact that the Chinese are willing to pay top dollar for them, isn't helping matters. Walnuts are ridiculously expensive, too.

[Worried senior]

4. They are expensive

up here too and we don't have a lot of choice, no Costco or anything around here. Just grit our teeth and pay for them.

Sad day when cashews are some of the cheapest around. Most nuts around here are about $14.00#.

[kcass1954]

5. $11.99 a pound here. I haven't made a pecan pie in 2 years.

I'm using almonds and hazelnuts for biscotti this year.

[watch the sky]

7. that's what they cost here on sale

I have had to cut back on using them and omit them altogether from the cookies

[Kali]

8. oh good - somebody be sure to tell MFM

because I just sent him a small bag of homegrown, hand cracked for x-mas. If they are going for that much I won't look like such a cheapskate.

[csziggy]

9. Just after the holidays the prices go down

My husband buys up bags of pecans then and we store them in the freezer. I've used frozen pecans 2-3 years after purchase and they have always been fine. I've got to make my list of what I need to buy to make my pecan pies for Christmas! Thanks for the reminder.

[hatrack]

12. Now that is a worthy idea - thanks for the suggestion!

[pipi_k]

10. Where the hell

are the walnuts, is what I want to know!

This past summer some neighbors inundated us with vegies from their garden, including tons of zucchini squash.

I wanted to make zucchini bread and needed walnuts.

They used to sell walnuts in big cellophane bags. I was hard pressed to find any at all, and they were in dinky little bags that were outrageously priced.

I bought them but wasn't happy.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. Costco.

That's the only place we buy nuts.