{"id":95503,"date":"2018-12-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=95503"},"modified":"2023-09-23T18:05:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T01:05:36","slug":"going-nutty-for-the-worlds-largest-pecans-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/going-nutty-for-the-worlds-largest-pecans-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Nutty for The World&#8217;s Largest Pecan(s) in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texans are proud of their pecans, as are Missourians. And so, for a time, Texas and Missouri engaged in a small skirmish about which state contained the largest pecan-shaped effigy. Texas built the world&#8217;s largest pecan first, then Missouri topped it with a larger pecan, then Texas struck back with an even larger one and several smaller ones on wheels, presumably to act as the larger pecan&#8217;s posse who just hang out in the background and say &#8220;YEAH&#8221; in the event of a pecan rumble.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97793\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-1-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-1-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-1-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-1-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-1-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97803\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-2-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-2-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-2-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-2-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-2-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><em>The world&#8217;s largest mobile pecan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the current World&#8217;s Largest Pecan in Seguin, Texas, I ran into a family with a young man named Logan. Logan was\u00a0<em>very<\/em> interested in my camera, so I showed him how to use it and he took the next six photos&#8211;he has a natural eye, don&#8217;t you think?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97813\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-3-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-3-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-3-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-3-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-3-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97833\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-5-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-5-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-5-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-5-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-5-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97843\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-6-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-6-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-6-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-6-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-6-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97853\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-7-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-7-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-7-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-7-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-7-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97863\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-8-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-8-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-8-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-8-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-8-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97873\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-9-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-9-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-9-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-9-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-9-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While Logan had my camera, I snapped some photos with my cell phone of the things that caught my eye in the museum, including\u00a0<em>the<\/em> pecan that the world&#8217;s largest pecan was based on, and their collection of figurines made from pecans, prominently featuring a very well endowed Minnie Mouse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97953\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-17-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-17-of-25.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-17-of-25-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97963\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-18-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-18-of-25.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-18-of-25-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97973\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-19-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-19-of-25.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-19-of-25-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97983\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-20-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-20-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-20-of-25-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-20-of-25-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-20-of-25-500x355.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97993\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-21-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-21-of-25.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-21-of-25-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-98003\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-22-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-22-of-25.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-22-of-25-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><em style=\"text-align: center;\">This squirrel gonna cut ya<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A worship service was setting up inside that Logan and his family were there for and it didn&#8217;t feel appropriate to be skulking around the pecan museum behind a religious service, so I prepared to skedaddle. Logan wanted to get a selfie with me so we took one:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-98013\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-23-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-23-of-25.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-23-of-25-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-23-of-25-500x667.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97893\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-11-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-11-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-11-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-11-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-11-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and then I collected my camera, made sure I got a snap of the world&#8217;s largest pecan, and pointed my rental car in the direction of home, only to be confronted with another mandatory stop: The Berdoll Pecan Candy and Gift Shop. Not only do they have the world&#8217;s largest squirrel statue, the fourteen foot tall Ms. Pearl, they also have a pecan vending machine for people passing by after regular store hours (like me) so you don&#8217;t have to miss out on, say, an entire pecan pie. I tried to buy some pecan clusters but their card reader was broken and it wouldn&#8217;t accept my cash, so it&#8217;s more like a theoretical vending machine than an actual 24 hour pecan solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97903\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-12-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-12-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-12-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-12-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-12-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97913\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-13-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-13-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-13-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-13-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-13-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97933\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-15-of-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-15-of-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-15-of-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-15-of-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pecan-15-of-25-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texans are proud of their pecans, as are Missourians. And so, for a time, Texas and Missouri engaged in a small skirmish about which state contained the largest pecan-shaped effigy. 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