growing in southern brazil, i enjoyed very much the boiled pine nuts of the native araucarias, that you could buy off street vendors. they were big and yummy, boiled simply with salt. i miss them. i wonder if anyone grows them outside brazil? are other species nuts edible? new caledonia is an amazing botanical paradise, isn't it? there's an aquatic conifer there that grows in swamps and lakes (a Podophyllum relative, i think?). ========= tsuh yang ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com