Stephen and I spent some time recently harvesting black walnuts. We smashed the green husks off each nut with a large hammer, and removed the remaining bits of husk by shaking the nuts in a sealed, plastic container, with three parts pebbles to one part water, acting as a "slurry" to loosen and remove the husk bits. With some vigorous scrubbing using a steel wire brush, we got the final bits off. The nuts, in their cleaned shells, will be curing for the next few weeks, after which time we should have some very tasty black walnut meat.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Black Walnuts
Stephen and I spent some time recently harvesting black walnuts. We smashed the green husks off each nut with a large hammer, and removed the remaining bits of husk by shaking the nuts in a sealed, plastic container, with three parts pebbles to one part water, acting as a "slurry" to loosen and remove the husk bits. With some vigorous scrubbing using a steel wire brush, we got the final bits off. The nuts, in their cleaned shells, will be curing for the next few weeks, after which time we should have some very tasty black walnut meat.
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