Chuck52
Veteran Member
Got too much time on your hands? Need something to do while you watch the idiot box? Like the old time flavor of fudge with black walnuts? This is your year!
This was apparently a banner year for black walnuts. The one skinny walnut tree left on my property after the power company cut down the other one (and cut it into firewood-sized pieces rather than leaving me at least a potentially useful log) busted it's gut making nuts. I picked up only about 100, though I could have gathered at least twice that. Now, I know how much of a pain shelling black walnuts can be, but the wife said she'd make some fudge with them if I'd do the job. My mommy used to make fudge with black walnuts when I was a kid. My brothers and I would break the nuts and try to separate the precious meat from the shell. I think we usually just whacked the nuts and collected the easy parts that accidentally fell out. This time around I have discovered why all the nut bowls I've had over the years have those nut picks included with them. The nut cracker is useless for walnuts, but the picks turn out to be just the thing for popping as much meat as possible from the black walnut shells. In fact, I think those picks must have been intended only for black walnuts....what other kind of nut would they be useful for? So far this evening I've collected about a cup of nut meat. This would make a great diet! I know I've expended many times the caloric content of the nut meat I've collected! Plus, the broken shells make an excellent addition to your home security plan. You scatter them on the ground around your house to discourage barefoot burglars!
Chuck
This was apparently a banner year for black walnuts. The one skinny walnut tree left on my property after the power company cut down the other one (and cut it into firewood-sized pieces rather than leaving me at least a potentially useful log) busted it's gut making nuts. I picked up only about 100, though I could have gathered at least twice that. Now, I know how much of a pain shelling black walnuts can be, but the wife said she'd make some fudge with them if I'd do the job. My mommy used to make fudge with black walnuts when I was a kid. My brothers and I would break the nuts and try to separate the precious meat from the shell. I think we usually just whacked the nuts and collected the easy parts that accidentally fell out. This time around I have discovered why all the nut bowls I've had over the years have those nut picks included with them. The nut cracker is useless for walnuts, but the picks turn out to be just the thing for popping as much meat as possible from the black walnut shells. In fact, I think those picks must have been intended only for black walnuts....what other kind of nut would they be useful for? So far this evening I've collected about a cup of nut meat. This would make a great diet! I know I've expended many times the caloric content of the nut meat I've collected! Plus, the broken shells make an excellent addition to your home security plan. You scatter them on the ground around your house to discourage barefoot burglars!
Chuck