When I lived in Arkansas, I had a part time job taking readings off of
peoples meters. I couldn't get over how many of them I saw that laid their
black walnuts in the driveway and drove over them for a week or so to remove
the husks.

They would pick them up and lay them on something in a single layer in the
sun outside, (unless bothered by squirrels, then inside)to complete the
drying. After letting them dry for a couple months, the meat is easier to
remove from the shell, because it shrunk during the drying process, and
became looser inside the shell.

They are great to eat just like that, but if you really want a treat, put
some in a cake or cookies before baking. After getting the meat out of the
shells, store it in a quart jar with a lid, or in a zip lock bag in the
freezer.

If you get more shelled than you can use and your freezer if full, you can
put them in the white car in front of our house.

Dwayne


"Jack Schmidling" > wrote in message
m...
> In the fall of the year we moved out here, we found black walnuts all
> over the place but didn't think much of it until someone ran over a
> bunch with a car. Under all the mush were a lot of nifty looking nuts.
>
> After cracking and tasting a few, we decided these were a gift from
> heaven. We worked out a method of removing the husks, cracking the
> nuts and gleaning the meat has has become a pleasant winter pastime in
> front of the fire.
>
> js
>
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