Pine mouth????

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<p>Anyone else heard of or experienced this?</p>

<p>Twice in the last couple months (the second time right now), I’ve experienced several days of very bitter taste in my mouth when eating anything. Googling it, I discovered that many people have this experience after eating pine nuts. Now, I’ve been eating them regularly my whole adult life, since pesto is a food group in my house. But this has just started. The first time, I’d eaten a salad my SIL made with pine nuts in it, so I thought it might be the brand she used. AFAIK, though, I’m the only one who ate it who was affected.</p>

<p>The second time, now, it’s from a bag I bought a month or so ago,and opened recently. Again, no one affected but me…</p>

<p>Most sources say that no toxins are involved, and it will go away in a few days. I’m looking at it as a new diet discovery–why bother eating? Everything tastes awful! Had never heard of it before, and hope it doesn’t keep happening–I love my pignolis!</p>

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<p>The problem is with the variety of pine nuts. Most of your life you have been eating pine nuts from the mediterranean, until a few years ago they were the only ones readlly available in the US. However, a few years back China starting importing pine nuts from trees there. The only problem is that it is not the same variety of tree. While the Chinese nuts are cheaper they can cause this reaction, so if you want to keep eating 'em look for ones imported from Italy, Spain, Greece, etc. and not from China.</p>

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<p>Yes, I’d heard that, too. I should have added it. The ones I just got are indeed from China.</p>

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<p>That’s it. Look for genuine Med pine nuts from a name brand that is not likely to be “counterfeit.”</p>

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<p>This BB continues to amaze me with the amount of information one can get here. I can learn about anything. :)</p>

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<p>This is interesting to me- I don’t eat them much, but I am interested in urban agriculture & have been growing a Korean nut pine ( it hasn’t set cones yet- the Italian stone pine requires more heat)
[Chinese</a> vs Italian Pine Nuts (pignoli)…big price difference. Taste difference? - General Chowhounding Topics - Chowhound](<a href=“http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/462126]Chinese”>http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/462126)
you aren’t the only one who has had that problem with the chinese nuts.
:p</p>

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<p>YES! I thought I was the only one who experienced that bitter taste after eating pine nuts a few years ago. The whole family ate the pesto but the others didn’t get the side effect. I also heard that it was caused by Chinese pine nuts, but I haven’t been able to find any from anyplace else, at least not in my supermarket. I have stopped eating pesto because of this.</p>

<p>It does go away after about 7-10 days but it’s the most unpleasant sensation while it lasts!</p>

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<p>I have to admit, I thought this was a “joke” post at first.</p>

<p>“Pine mouth” posted by someone named “garland”? Please!</p>

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<p>And then you also have to worry about what sorts of toxic chemicals and other **** you’re ingesting when you eat anything from China…</p>

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<p>Well, since so much comes from China, including food, tech, and things throughout our households, you have more reason than ever to try to support your local economy & “eat local.” Of course, that doesn’t work so well on our island and we just try to pay attention to where things are from so we can make the best choices under the circumstances.</p>

<p>By the way, I thought this thread was about eating pineapples or some new edible pine!</p>

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<p>LOL, scout!</p>

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<p>I can’t usually afford pine nuts anyway, so I make my pesto with pecans. Maybe you could try that if the Med. nuts are too expensive?</p>

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<p>Thank you for this thread as I think I had the same reaction about a week or so ago. Have been wearing Invisalign, thought it might be the new insert for the week; now convinced it was a pine nut reaction. Am nearing the end of invisalign treatment with no issues–did not believe it could be the insert. I now know it was pine nuts. What an awful feeling I had for several days…it did subside and I’m glad now that I didn’t mention it to the ortho. Will be careful in the future. How do the pecans taste in pesto? Any noticeable difference?</p>