EPISODE 902 CAN I EAT BLACK WALNUTS?

alan skeoch

nov. 3, 2023

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Yes, black walnuts are edible but they need to be prepared.  Here are long

and short instructions.

SHORT INSTRUCTIONS

Gather a basket of black walnuts.  Peal off the soft outer

shell which turns black and gooey  then put the walnuts 

some place dry where the squirrels can’t get them.

Then place each walnut in a workshop vice to smash

open the shell.  Use a small sharp tool to weasel out the nut

in pieces.

LONG INSTRCUTIONS

1) Gather pile of black walnuts

2)  Let the worms (invisible) help get much of the black outer casing removed 

3) Use gloves so you do not stain your hands.

4) Wash the shells in pail of water, stir with paddle…rinse.

5) Wash again…rinse again

6) Wash again until water is clear

7) Allow nuts to dry in warm place

8) Be sure squirrels cannot get access.

9) Place each nut vertically workshop  vice….crush

10) Separate shell fragments from nut meat carefully

11) Taste nut meat

12) Plan gourmet use for nut meats

13) Or…put some nut meat on your bird feeder as a treat

“Black Walnuts are delicious to eat.  We used to gather hundreds of the walnuts and put them on top of the hot air ducts in the basement to dry for a few weeks.  When they were dry we would take them down and crack them open.  The work bench vice was great for cracking them.  The trees themselves do tend to prevent other trees from growing under them.  Their roots seem to secret some kind of toxin that discourages them but smaller shrubs and grasses would grow under them.  The squirrels really liked them and would hoard them for winter.”    Quote from Rooter  

The black walnuts turn back and gooey .  Get rid of this guck by washing.  Then give nut time to dry.  Be on lookout

for red squirrels.