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Default Black walnuts

On Aug 30, 9:08*pm, Gloria P > wrote:
> Kathleen wrote:
> > wrote:

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> >> Salutations, gentlefolk,

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> >> Did a bit of research and found that the little green tennisballs
> >> falling in my front yard actually contain black walnuts.

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> >> Any advice on how to seperate the edible part from the *"containers'',
> >> and prepare them ?

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> > I'd probably offer them for free to anybody willing to come and pick
> > them up. *Removing the husk and shell is a major PITA, especially for
> > something that tastes the way toe jam smells.

>
> "To each his own."
>
> I think they are delicious--aromatic and not bitter like some English
> walnuts. *They're wonderful in cookies or brownies. *They ARE a PITA
> to extract from the shells, however, and never come out whole.
>
> gloria p


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YES! They are delicious and like eveyone else says, a pain to crack.
My neighbor has a tree and it's like driving over golf balls as most
fall into the street. The squirrels are happy with them, though.