2 hours ago, rotuts said:
might be right.
some time ago , my sister lived in the Austin TX area.
in her town there were pecan trees lining the parks and public area's
you just went out and picked them up off the ground in the fall.
talk about fresh !
she also sent me several bags of two varieties around Christmas
those bags were not expensive.
then there developed a taste for them in China.
the prices rose considerably and the growers did much better ( thgouhg a middle man of course )
and pecans doubled if not more so in price.
I think the same think happened 20 years ago or so with Maple syrup.
All the pecans I've seen in China were imported from Australia and I've never seen maple syrup in China (and I was here 20 years ago).
Pecans are also only available from speciality shops. I'd guess few people know anything about them. Avocados are in every supermarket now.
