Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-19 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
available" (oak, hickory, pine) for the bat. I still enjoy innovating, but being "poor" is a much stronger incentive to do it. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-19 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
nal Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD When I was a kid we would collect them and put them in the gravel driveway or side road and let the cars run over them awhile. You have t

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-19 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Wilton - Original Message - From: "Craig via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: >So, is

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> Let 'em dry, they'll come right off. >> >> Wilton >> >> - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> To: "Craig" ; "Mercedes Discussion List" < >> mercedes@okiebe

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-19 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
al Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" To: "Craig" ; "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD How do you remove the husks before cracking them? On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I saw a Youtube video of a guy enclosing the unhusked nuts in a cage and then power washing them to remove the husks. No such automated process to crack them once de-husked, however. On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > May get a walnut-st

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
May get a walnut-stained area on driveway, depending on humidity/moisture.. Wilton If you can't live with the stains, buy the nut meats. The stains will wear off over time, and the stains on your hands will go away with time also. The piles of walnut hulls I dumped eventually biodegraded a

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
May get a walnut-stained area on driveway, depending on humidity/moisture.. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Curly McLain via Mercedes" To: "Andrew Strasfogel" ; "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [MB

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
How do you remove the husks before cracking them? Stomp em on the driveway, or hull them with a knobby snow tire on a wheel in a cage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery o

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Let 'em dry, they'll come right off. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" To: "Craig" ; "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
How do you remove the husks before cracking them? On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > > >So, is there a difference between the eastern and western varieties? > > > > > >--R > > > > there is no wes

Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > >So, is there a difference between the eastern and western varieties? > > > >--R > > there is no western variety. Eastern Black Walnut, Juglans Nigra > or the carpathian walnut, aka english walnut, persian walnut, etc. > Ju

Re: [MBZ] Juglans Wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Juglans Wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I want to be in the black walnut processing business. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And black walnuts cost twice as much because of this and the fact that the >> nut does not neatly come out whole once the shell is cracked. There is

Re: [MBZ] Juglans Wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
And black walnuts cost twice as much because of this and the fact that the nut does not neatly come out whole once the shell is cracked. There is a processing plant in the Ozarks that has a secret way to mass-crack black walnuts and sort shells from the nuts, so they are really cleaning up..

Re: [MBZ] Juglans Wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
And black walnuts cost twice as much because of this and the fact that the nut does not neatly come out whole once the shell is cracked. There is a processing plant in the Ozarks that has a secret way to mass-crack black walnuts and sort shells from the nuts, so they are really cleaning up.. On We

[MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
So, is there a difference between the eastern and western varieties? --R there is no western variety. Eastern Black Walnut, Juglans Nigra or the carpathian walnut, aka english walnut, persian walnut, etc. Juglans Regia Carpathian walnuts are grown in Kollyfornia. They try to make believe

[MBZ] Juglans Wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD

2015-03-18 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Naa, they are all the same. Juglans. Eastern Black walnut is native to the USA; Carpathian walnuts are ...not native... I can crack carpathian walnuts with my bare hands. IF you can crack a black walnut with your bare hands, I DON'T want to shake your hand! (don't want the bones in my ha