You cannot live in Texas and not be a pecan lover. There is a sign at the entrance to the city of San Saba, TX which proclaims it to be the “Pecan Capital of the World”. There is a pecan farm there that was started by E. E. Risien, an English cabinetmaker, who stopped in San Saboa on his way to San Francisco and decided to stay and raise pecans. Risien had a tree that is now over 200 years old that he would cross pollinated this "Mother Tree" with different male pollen to develop a variety of types of pecans. Risien would ship his pecans to England's Queen Victoria, so of course this made San Saba the pecan capital of the world.
This week we went on a trip to Fredericksburg, TX for a short vacation, and to do come convertible driving in Hill Country. On the trip we went through a little city called Goldthwaite. As we were driving through town we saw this Pecan factory that had a store attached, and of course we stopped to shop.
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| Pecans.com store in Goldthwaite, TX. |
Goldthwaite is a very small town with a few thousand people. They have a cool sign in the city center and some fun decorations on the traffic light poles. But the best place in town in my opinion is the Pecan factory. Walking into the store was like walking into pecan heaven.
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| Downtown Goldthwaite |
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| Cowboy Boot on the traffic light pole in Goldthwaite. |
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| Guitar on the traffic light pole in Goldthwaite. |
The Pecans.com store had everything a pecan lover would want, pecan brittle, yogurt covered pecans, dark, milk and white chocolate covered pecans, raw pecans, Pecan Sandies............ you get the idea. You can get gift baskets, or an armadillo shaped container full of goodies. They even make jellies, flavored peanut butter, salad dressings, relishes, dips and much more. This shopping trip was all about the pecans. We bought some of our favorites, yogurt, dark chocolate and white chocolate covered pecans and Pecan Sandies.
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| The Yogurt covered Pecans were very large and so delicious. |
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| You can see just how large these treats are. |
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| The Dark Chocolate covered pecans were my Husbands favorite. |
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| Pecan Sandies have always been one of my favorite cookies. The Pecan Sandies at the Pecans.com store are the best I have ever eaten. |
Whether you call them Pee-cans of Pa-cons, you most definitely will call the pecan treats from Pecans.com DELICIOUS!
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