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The use of pecans in candies is no new discovery ~-although among the recipes which follow you may find nine out of ten with which you were previously unacquainted.

Just as the pecan is the native American nut— America’s finest contribution to the world’s nat- ural food products—so the Pecan Praline is the native American candy, with a histery as remark- able as this confection is delectable. Nearly two centuries ago the praline was famous around New Orleans; in a history of Louisiana written by Le Page du Pratz, a French explorer, and published in 1758, the great value of the pecan to the French colonists is discussed and the praline (then made from wild pecan kernels) is most highly praised.

Pralines, and other pecan candies originating in the Southland, have been most widely made and used in all sections of America and are making themselves known abroad wherever a supply of pecan nuts is available. For the pecan among all nuts is the one best fitted to use in the summer time, The addition of pecans to candies makes of candies a real food, better balanced and more healthful, in addition to imparting a delicious flavor.