Pecans and nuts

I know for many of you out there, this will be hard to believe, but in my country, pecans are not so easy to find. And since seeing a picture of a pecan pie, I have always been interested in pecans - researching, looking out for them, trying desperately to get a hold on the nuts. I wanted so badly to try it! With all the fuzz about it, they have tobe good, right? They simply have to be something special and exotic for us.

So, last week, out of the blue I came across it - the last package of pecan nuts on the pile. Oh joy! I grabbed it so quickly my partner barely had time to notice.

I went home, opened the package at once and tried a nut.

I should have known. I mean, look at the nuts. Don't it just remind you of something similar that is widely available in Europe?

Don't you think it looks like or reminds you of, well... walnuts?

Well, it certainly tastes the same. So much about different and exotic. But since I do have them home now, I shall just make me a pecan pie. Oh, why not.

ps: be aware, 100 g of pecans amounts to over 700 calories!!