For those of you who could not care less about opening black walnuts, you are welcome to disregard this post.
For the rest of you (three) folks who found your way here by googling “how to open black walnuts“, this post is for you.
(For those you that found your way here by googling “dinosaur eating a barbie”, I’m still working on that post. And if you’re the one that wondered “is it ok to include lettuce spines in a salad”, the answer is still “no”.)
Anyways. Thanks to my more-than-any-one-squirrel-needs pile of black walnuts, I’ve been on the look out for easier and more efficient tactics for cracking these suckers open.
I recently read that if you soak them in water for 1 – 2 hours pre-cracking, they’ll open a lot easier. You’ll avoid sending walnut shell shrapnel flying through the air as well and (bonus!!) could probably even skip the protective eye wear.
So I tried it.
And it works! The nut cracks with a lot less pounding and more of the nut meat remains intact.
So black walnut crackers of the world take note! Soak your nuts for easier cracking.
The rest of you can just giggle along with me and these ridiculous sentences about nut meat and soaking your nuts and we’ll call it even.
So how many lbs of walnuts do you think you got this year?
I’ve been dying to know!
I didn’t find you by googling nuts or meat….but I love all your ridiculous sentences.
xooxoxox
Man, I really have no idea! Weight with or without shells? Maybe I can estimate!
without!
I love walnuts and this post reminded me that we’re out of them….off to start a grocery list. thx
They’re delicious, I LOVE THEM
I love walnuts but my son is super allergic to them and I can’t even bring them into my house!!!! UGH!!!!
This fall, I’m getting into black walnuts for the first time. Rather than using a hammer to open these, I’ve been experimenting with a simple, ratcheting PVC pipe cutter as a nut cracker. So far, I’m liking the results by just cracking the shell (without severing the nut) in two directions. Often, additional cracks in the shell help. Then I use diagonal cutting pliers to trim out some of the hard inner part of the shell to access the nut meat. As you recommend, I will try soaking the walnuts, but then use the pipe cutter.
Very cool Archidude! I never came across the PVC pipe cutter idea during my internet search travels last year – thanks for sharing!
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