Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
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-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 and stopped bleeding brown/black with each rain. I hulled semiloads of black walnuts for several years. If you want to earn your own Juglans Nigra nut meats, then you have to wear the badges of courage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
Yes that was great fun, as was scrounging old bicycle tire inner tubes and fashioning big slingshots to launch them. --R On 3/19/15 1:14 PM, WILTON wrote: I remember playing base ball with the greenuns several times - green walnuts for the ball; piecea whatever was 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 mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com 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 to get them when the husks are all brown and rotted, the green husks are like bowling balls. My granddaddy, who probably had some sort of OCD, would then spend hours going at them with a hammer and whatever else to get a small bowlfull of them, which my grandmother would use to make cookies that vanished immediately. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Having been out of the airplane for 3 years while in engineering school at NC State U, I was required to attend B-52 combat crew training a second time at Atwater, CA, from July through Oct 1971 (first time July through Oct 1962). Across the street from where we lived in Atwater were large English walnut and almond orchards that appeared to have been abandoned. Grass and weeds had fairly well taken them over, and we never saw anybody there; coupla For Sale signs were posted on the property. Coupla days before departing in late Oct for my assignment at Kincheloe, MI, I walked over into the orchards and found the ground covered with beautiful almonds and walnuts, some of them obviously there for several days. Late the afternoon before leaving, SWMBO, the 3 children and I went into the orchards and gathered up a significant box full of each. Just before we left for MI the next day, our land lady came to wish us well and to present us a gift - another significant box each of the nuts. I tried to tell her that I was very appreciative, but we had scrounged (swiped/stolen) some from the orchards across the street the day before and that she should keep them for herself. She replied, That's where I got these! Here, please take 'em I picked them up for you. The land has been sold; they're ripping out all of the trees and gonna build houses there. I thanked her profusely, put 'em in the car and drove away with well over a bushel of each. We shelled and enjoyed almonds and English walnuts for months. BTW, in July of '72. when I went back through there for D-model (B-52D, that is) difference training en route to war in SE Asia, all of the trees were gone and the area was nearly filled with houses Wilton - Original Message - From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com 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 mercedes@okiebenz.com 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. Juglans Regia Carpathian walnuts are grown in Kollyfornia. They try to make believe it is the only walnut. Black walnuts are way better tasting. When we lived in the San Luis Obispo area, one of the back roads had volunteer black walnut trees along the fence lines. A lot of the nuts fell onto the county right-of-way. We picked up a number of them in paper shopping bags and took them home. Shirley's method of cracking them was a plastic pan about 10x14x5H, a brick, and a hammer. It was not an easy task cracking them. Definitely black walnut, juglans nigra. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
I remember playing base ball with the greenuns several times - green walnuts for the ball; piecea whatever was 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 mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com 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 to get them when the husks are all brown and rotted, the green husks are like bowling balls. My granddaddy, who probably had some sort of OCD, would then spend hours going at them with a hammer and whatever else to get a small bowlfull of them, which my grandmother would use to make cookies that vanished immediately. --R On 3/18/15 11:07 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Let 'em dry, they'll come right off. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com 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 8:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com 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. Juglans Regia Carpathian walnuts are grown in Kollyfornia. They try to make believe it is the only walnut. Black walnuts are way better tasting. When we lived in the San Luis Obispo area, one of the back roads had volunteer black walnut trees along the fence lines. A lot of the nuts fell onto the county right-of-way. We picked up a number of them in paper shopping bags and took them home. Shirley's method of cracking them was a plastic pan about 10x14x5H, a brick, and a hammer. It was not an easy task cracking them. Definitely black walnut, juglans nigra. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Juglans Wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
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 hand crushed) So, is there a difference between the eastern and western varieties? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
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 it is the only walnut. Black walnuts are way better tasting. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 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 hand crushed) So, is there a difference between the eastern and western varieties? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 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.. Yes, that is Hammons. they also sell ground shells for shell blasting your bundts. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Juglans Wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
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.. Yes, that is Hammons. they also sell ground shells for shell blasting your bundts. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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There is a new blasting option on the market which preforms better than soda. It's called Dustless Blasting and the results are pretty impressive. http://www.dustlessblasting.com/automotive.html This link should take you to information and some video samples of how it works. I was impressed. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: 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 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.. Yes, that is Hammons. they also sell ground shells for shell blasting your bundts. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
How do you remove the husks before cracking them? On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com 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. Juglans Regia Carpathian walnuts are grown in Kollyfornia. They try to make believe it is the only walnut. Black walnuts are way better tasting. When we lived in the San Luis Obispo area, one of the back roads had volunteer black walnut trees along the fence lines. A lot of the nuts fell onto the county right-of-way. We picked up a number of them in paper shopping bags and took them home. Shirley's method of cracking them was a plastic pan about 10x14x5H, a brick, and a hammer. It was not an easy task cracking them. Definitely black walnut, juglans nigra. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com 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. Juglans Regia Carpathian walnuts are grown in Kollyfornia. They try to make believe it is the only walnut. Black walnuts are way better tasting. When we lived in the San Luis Obispo area, one of the back roads had volunteer black walnut trees along the fence lines. A lot of the nuts fell onto the county right-of-way. We picked up a number of them in paper shopping bags and took them home. Shirley's method of cracking them was a plastic pan about 10x14x5H, a brick, and a hammer. It was not an easy task cracking them. Definitely black walnut, juglans nigra. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
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 and stopped bleeding brown/black with each rain. I hulled semiloads of black walnuts for several years. If you want to earn your own Juglans Nigra nut meats, then you have to wear the badges of courage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD
May get a walnut-stained area on driveway, depending on humidity/moisture.. Wilton - Original Message - From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Juglans, wuz: Re: Nice 1984 300CD 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 options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Let 'em dry, they'll come right off. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Craig diese...@pisquared.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com 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 8:12 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:55 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com 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. Juglans Regia Carpathian walnuts are grown in Kollyfornia. They try to make believe it is the only walnut. Black walnuts are way better tasting. When we lived in the San Luis Obispo area, one of the back roads had volunteer black walnut trees along the fence lines. A lot of the nuts fell onto the county right-of-way. We picked up a number of them in paper shopping bags and took them home. Shirley's method of cracking them was a plastic pan about 10x14x5H, a brick, and a hammer. It was not an easy task cracking them. Definitely black walnut, juglans nigra. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
