Coniferous trees produce nuts that can be pressed for oil. Pine nut oil, also called pine seed oil or cedar nut oil, is a vegetable oil, extracted from the edible seeds of several species of pine.
What is the most popular nut in Russia?
Pine nut is the only nut Russia produces in commercial volumes, and the stocking occurs mainly in the Siberian forests. Siberian cedar (also called Siberian pine, Pinus sibirica, or sibirsky kedr in Russian), is a national pride of Russia. The trees are widely grown in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Can pine nut oil be pressed with a wooden press?
In fact, the wooden press is not well suited for large-scale oil production. Most pine nut oils are pressed using steel oil press machine. On the one hand, by using wooden presses, part of the oil would penetrate the wood pores and eventually go rancid, while steel has no pores and does not spoil.
What is pine nut collecting?
Collecting pine nuts is a source of income in many rural areas. During the fall, the collectors go off into the forest for a few weeks to pick cedar nuts. The work of pine nut gatherers is toilsome. They live in tents and it gets cold at night. The cedar cones are collected as “windfall” cones from the ground.