The Shu'halo use pine nuts in so MANY dishes: meat, fish, vegetables, even baked into breads or sprinkled over sweet pastries.
The Earth Mother has blessed us in that the very BEST pine nuts come from the trees upon these very mesas. Simply gather pine cones and toast them over a cooking fire to release the nuts within.
Would you please be so kind as to gather some? There are hardly ever enough to go around...
You are only allowed to hold 10 Mulgore Pine Cones at one time; the remainder will stop sparkling once you've picked up your tenth. As soon as you toast the first one, you might see more cones sparkling again. You can then pick up more if you wish.
Each cone is good for 5 Pine Nuts, and toasting more Mulgore Pine Cones will not give you extras once you've collected the 30 needed for the quest.