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The Pecan (Carya illinoinensis, commonly misspelle illinoensis) is a species of hickory, native to south-central North America, in the United States from southern Iowa, Illinois and Indiana east to western Kentucky and western Tennessee, south through Oklahoma, Arkansas, to Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana; and in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz.

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  • Developed in Louisiana, praline is a sweet traditionally made with brown sugar & these nuts
  • The state nut of Alabama isn't your kooky cousin, it's this thin-shelled pie ingredient
  • This nut of a hickory tree follows "butter" in the name of a classic ice cream flavor
  • Oklahoma once competed annually with Georgia to see who could make the biggest pie out of these nuts
  • Like cajun pralines, the longtime Nestle treat Turtles contained this nut that comes in a paper shell variety

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