Pine nuts are a food. Some people may be allergic to them.
I just read that a pine nut is actually a seed!
cut the pine cones and get the pine nuts :P Soaking them in water for a few days is less painful. The cone will satruate, open up, & the seeds will float out.
pine nut (an edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America)
Yes. They are found in pine cones which come from pine trees. (see: http://www.answers.com/topic/pine-nut)
No. They are actually seeds from pine trees.