Seriously, it’s genius. People have strong feelings on the matter—so much so, in fact, that American Pecans launched The Super Safe Pecan Debate, which they deemed “the partisan issue you can passionately argue without risking your invitation to next year’s family gathering.” To settle this once and for all, American Pecans called on pecan fans from across the country to cast their vote for “PEA-can” vs. “puh-CON.” The debate ended in November 2020, with puh-CON a clear winner with 66 percent of the votes. According to Alex Ott, executive director of the American Pecan Council. “…‘puh-CON’ vs. ‘PEA-can’ is one debate you can safely bring up with family and friends.” He continued, “Even across the 15 pecan-growing states, from California to the Carolinas, growers and shellers themselves say it differently…But no matter how you say it, we can all agree that pecans belong on every Thanksgiving table.” Here, we went straight to the source and polled pecan growers from the “pecan belt” states to get their hot take. The result? Agree to disagree, folks.
