Dan Phillips

Repetition creates pattern. If I have a hundred of these, a hundred of those, it doesn't make any difference what these and those are. If I can repeat anything, I have the possibility of a pattern from hickory nuts and chicken eggs, shards of glass, branches. It doesn't make any difference.

American Designer

Emeril Lagasse

When I want to kick it up, I like to add hardwood chips or chunks to the grill; it adds bold smoky flavors. The most common woods are hickory and mesquite, but you can find alder, apple, cherry and, my personal favorite, pecan.

American Chef

Paul Engle

All families had their special Christmas food. Ours was called Dutch Bread, made from a dough halfway between bread and cake, stuffed with citron and every sort of nut from the farm - hazel, black walnut, hickory, butternut.

American Poet

Laura Ingalls Wilder

So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory bows and fastened them upright to the wagon box. Ma helped him stretch white canvas over them.

American Author

Hickory is often discussed in topics related to botany or gardening.

Botanical Context

Many hickory trees are native to North America, often mentioned in American culture.

American Origins

The nuts of some hickory species are edible and used in cooking.

Culinary Usage

Emphasize hickory wood's strength in conversation to show its quality for making durable goods.

Durability Highlighted

Compare hickory to other woods like oak or pine to explain its unique characteristics.

Comparison with Other Woods

Mention historical uses of hickory to show its longstanding value and versatility.

Historical Use

A hickory stick can symbolize support or aid, relating to its use as a walking assistant.

Symbol of Support

Hickory sticks are often associated with elderly people who may need walking support.

Associated with Elders

Hickory sticks evoke rustic or country images, great in stories to set a rural scene.

Rustic Imagery

 such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.

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 burn pile it was all just gone this is the first house I built this double front door here with the three light transom that was headed to the landfill have a little turret there and then these buttons on the corbels here right there those are hickory nuts and these

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 It was all just gone. This is the first house I built. This double front door here with the three-light transom, that was headed to the landfill. Have a little turret there. And then these buttons on the corbels here -- right there -- those are hickory nuts.