How do you Dry your Nuts?

[goeduck]

Does anyone use gloves when picking their nuts? Or do you just let your hands get stained?

 

[BertZegers]

Does anyone use gloves when picking their nuts? Or do you just let your hands get stained?

We have a lot of Walnuts this year. My wife (who is in charge of the garden) leaves them in the yard because she does't want the stains on her hands.

How do you peel the skin off? Are all Walnuts edible/tasty?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We have a lot of Walnuts this year. My wife (who is in charge of the garden) leaves them in the yard because she does't want the stains on her hands.

How do you peel the skin off? Are all Walnuts edible/tasty?

We used to live in Rural SW Missouri, and there were lots of Walnut trees. My Grand dad paid me $1 per gunny sack of walnuts I would pick up for him. (circa 1949 or 1950) They still had the green husks on them. He would take them home and pour them out on his driveway (it was a dirt drive) and keep running over them until the husks were pretty much off the nuts. Worked for him!

 

[Molalla1]

I prefer a heavy weight 100% cotton bath towel.

:thumbsup: For sure BB . . . .

 

[Molalla1]

We used to live in Rural SW Missouri, and there were lots of Walnut trees. My Grand dad paid me $1 per gunny sack of walnuts I would pick up for him. (circa 1949 or 1950) They still had the green husks on them. He would take them home and pour them out on his driveway (it was a dirt drive) and keep running over them until the husks were pretty much off the nuts. Worked for him!

Funny you brought that up, my Grandma had me picking up walnuts around the same time, they had two huge walnut trees out front . . . but I'm not sure they paid me a cent . . . :laughing:, but I sure ate good.

 

[ruffdog]

I just have black walnuts and timing is everything. Leave them on the ground in a shady spot until the husks are all black and mushy, then, dehusk and throw in pails. Fill the pails with water and work the nuts using your hand/arm. Most of the black goo will have come off so you can lay the nuts out on sunny concrete or the like. After they are good and dry, store in mesh bags.

 

[goeduck]

We have a lot of Walnuts this year. My wife (who is in charge of the garden) leaves them in the yard because she does't want the stains on her hands.

How do you peel the skin off? Are all Walnuts edible/tasty?

The skin (what I call husk) will crack open and reveal the walnut on my variety a short time before they fall to the ground. Trying to remove the husk before it is ready is fruitless, not going to happen. Once the nut is removed from the husk it is quite damp and needs to dry before it molds and rots. The husk while moist is what stains your hands.

 

[goeduck]

I just have black walnuts and timing is everything. Leave them on the ground in a shady spot until the husks are all black and mushy, then, dehusk and throw in pails. Fill the pails with water and work the nuts using your hand/arm. Most of the black goo will have come off so you can lay the nuts out on sunny concrete or the like. After they are good and dry, store in mesh bags.

By the time my variety is ready we are mostly into the rainy season so I cannot dry outside. You are fotunate to do it on the concrete :thumbsup: I would lose a bunch to the squirrels that way as well. :shocked:

 

[dragoneggs]

Does anyone use gloves when picking their nuts? Or do you just let your hands get stained?

...you just keep egging us on, don't you! Gloves yes. When I was young I didn't know better. Now... gloves for about anything that doesn't require a fork/knife, chopsticks, or a keyboard (if mine)!

 

[goeduck]

...you just keep egging us on, don't you! Gloves yes. When I was young I didn't know better. Now... gloves for about anything that doesn't require a fork/knife, chopsticks, or a keyboard (if mine)!

Ruffdog talked about working his nuts with his arm and hands in a pail of water to get the goo off. Does everyone have goo on their nuts? I forgot to ask about that. If so, how do you get the goo off of your nuts? I usually pick my nuts from the tree when they are gooless or at least have less goo. If the goo is there I just let it dry on my nuts. I posted a picture from last year of my nuts but some of you probably should not.