'Pine nuts – strange taste warning...' blog discussion 18 May 2009 at 10:32AM edited 18 May 2009 at 1:51PM in Martin's blogs & appearances & MoneySavingExpert in the news 26 replies 9.6K views

Former_MSE_Lawrence

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's "Pine nuts: strange taste warning...." Blog.

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Tarry

I never knew that, Martin, thanks for the warning (funny I never found this out in my old job working for Julian Graves).

Petmidget

Ace cant say I have ever eaten pine nuts au naturel but I have just sat down with a plate of food with pesto in it, 1 of the main ingredients pine nuts. Going to be paranoid now.

Tibbs,The_Freebie_Hunter

It's when you start to taste bitter almonds - then, and only then should you worry!!!

donglefan

Interesting but... metal amalgam fillings have a lot more associated problems than pine nuts. Try googling that...

robnye

funny, enough my wife and i both had the same funny metallic taste, approx 4 weeks ago, didnt think anymore of it until reading martins blog..... haha

we love pesto sauce on pasta......

Eos

I used to eat pine nuts quite often, then last year, noticed some packs tasted 'off'. They were Chinese. I think any country who will contaminate baby food should be completely avoided when it comes to food purchases.

angel13

maybe when my son says he cant eat pesto as it makes him feel sick afterwards he is actually correct he eats all other pasta dishes so i thought he was making a fuss about nothing.

ncrossland

I suffered this a couple of months ago too, after eating pine nuts. I also Googled and found this info - I'd never had trouble eating pine nuts before so I put it down to a bad batch. It was a truly horrible, bitter taste that just wouldn't go away.

Good news was the taste went away after about 4 days.

cas1701

I'm a vegetarian and Pine Nuts make a considerable contribution to my diet and as a consequence I've eaten them for years. And I have to say that it's not something I've ever come across. But then I dry fry them first as I think they taste better that way. I wonder if that makes a difference??

sallymander

AAAahhhhh that explains the funny after taste I had a few weeks ago. I have no fillings so couldn't work out why I had a metallic after taste and as I was on holiday I assumed it was because I wasn't used to the food!