Pine Nut Warning
This past week I made basil pesto. A staple in our freezer during the winter months to mix with hot pasta dishes. Nothing says summer sunshine on a cold blustery day better than pesto. Now my four half pints have been dumped in the trash. Why? Because of pine mouth ! Last night I had a piece of toasted bread with peanut butter before bed. For some reason I thought the bread might be tainted as it left a very bitter taste in my mouth. Again, this morning I had a piece of cinnamon toast and complained about the bread. I could not get the bitter-medicine taste to go away. A computer search with the phrase, "bitter taste in mouth after eating" gave the typical medical problems such as diabetes and liver ailments as possible culprits. Numerous links to articles attributing having eaten small pine nuts from China, Korea or Vietnam were also displayed. Funny! I had just made and eaten pine nut laden pesto the day bef...