Date: 2020-07-06 02:35 am (UTC)
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)
From: [personal profile] edenfalling
Are those walnuts?

Date: 2020-07-06 02:42 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] edenfalling
Oh dear.

I loved walnuts when I was a kid -- I used to take them home and soak them in water to make "magic potions" and such -- but as an adult, I feel very sorry for the people who lived around the grove I used to snitch the green and black nuts from.

Date: 2020-07-06 04:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sulien
While I have never lived around the trees themselves, I absolutely love black walnuts! And they are definitely not cheap to buy. You might consider checking for a natural and/or urban food co-op that may be able to come out and harvest the nuts before they make too much of a mess. I'd volunteer to help, but I live on the other side of the country. :-/

Date: 2020-07-07 04:25 pm (UTC)
sulien: Another of my photos of Big Lagoon, Humboldt, California, credit me if you take it. (Blue solitude)
From: [personal profile] sulien
It's been many decades since I actually gathered and processed them myself and it is a bit messy and time consuming, but if you like the flavor of the nuts, it's well worth it. There is a lot of information online on how to process them and plans for black walnut crackers a person can make at home, most of which look like an apparatus for making your own button pins in that they are simply a long handled press. I used to use a hammer and a brick, but a press is much less hassle and with no risk of a smashed finger.

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