A few weeks ago we harvested nuts from our black walnut tree in the backyard. They are a favourite of the squirrel so if we want any, we have to work fast.
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| Walnut in the tree. |
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| Ha! We got them before the squirrel! |
After removing the green outer shell, we dried the nuts.
Today we cracked them open!
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| They are incredibly hard. We used a vice. |
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| Liam helped. |
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| Seamus tried to help. |
It was A LOT of work for meager returns. No wonder black walnuts are considered a delicacy!
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| Cracked nuts |
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| Black walnut (left). Regular walnut from the store (right). |
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| Our yield. Depressing, right? That is a snack size harvest - for a mouse! |
They also did not taste that good. I guess it would be worth it, if we were starving...maybe. I think black walnuts might be like celery. You burn more calories getting them into your stomach, that you do from the actual food itself.
We have decided to return the rest of the walnuts to our backyard squirrel. Bon appetit!
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