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how long to cure black walnuts?
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Thu, Nov 21, 13 at 14:49
| I picked and husked a few buckets of black walnuts and am uncertain how to 'cure' them. I have read recommendations to let them cure 2 weeks, others say a 'couple of weeks', and others 2 or more months. Currently my walnuts are in my outdoor garage hanging in netting bags for about 3 - 4 weeks. Anybody have experience on curing walnuts? I would welcome your experiences and recommendations on how long to let the walnuts hang and dry. I live in PA. |
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- Posted by fruitnut z7b-8a,4500ft SW TX (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 21, 13 at 15:41
| Yours are probably ready to shuck and then crack. Try a few to see. They might need to dry a few more days after removing the outer husk. |
RE: how long to cure black walnuts?
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| Two weeks works good for me. If they get too dry, they tend to explode rather than crack. |
RE: how long to cure black walnuts?
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| They are hard as heck to crack! But they taste great. Let us know how it goes. |
RE: how long to cure black walnuts?
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| thanks for the tips. shelling will soon begin! |
RE: how long to cure black walnuts?
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| Here in Oklahoma, we hire the hulling done, which leaves a very clean shell. Because the nuts were so wet this year, we dumped out half of the net bagfull into openwork crates to cure, turned over the net bags every day and tossed the crates to aerate the nuts in there. A couple weeks of this in a dry place should allow you to store your nuts without fear of them molding. Later in the year if the shells get too hard to crack without splintering badly, the nuts can be soaked for 5-6 hours in warm water, then spread out to dry in a large tray one nut deep until just the surface is dry before cracking. My grandfather more than once cracked out the meat from a black walnut in two perfect halves. But he had a very good cracker and years of experience. I've never been able to do it. |
RE: how long to cure black walnuts?
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| I've always put black walnuts were they can be run over by my car and after they turn black I take the husk off by hand. If the weather is good I spread them out on concrete to dry for a while. In bad weather they go into the house on a blanket, spread out. They will dry before I have need of them. The way l crack them is to pour out about 1/2 gallon on an old white towel. Pull 1/2 of the towel over the top of the walnuts and using a 4 lb hammer start cracking. This works real good. No fuss no bother but hard on the towel. It lasts for all of my needs. |
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