The old hickory tree in the back yard, is dropping its nut pods right now. This thing is about 80' tall, I can tell you first hand that those falling nuts realy do sting pretty good. So I have collected a whole bunch of pods and removed the nuts. Is there a special way to prepair them or do I just roast them. I saw a recipie on youtube for hickory nut sandies. I think I might try it. Any body else have recipies using hickory nuts?
Stu
Hickory tree
09/17/2008 - 12:13
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09/19/2008 - 02:32
Hickory Dickory
Stu,
I don't have any first hand experience with hickory nuts, but your post about them made me curious. Check out this interesting article I found at Mother Earth News.
Makes me wish we had one around here.
Have fun,
Louanne
09/19/2008 - 06:31
hickory
The link you added wasn't working for me. I wil search mother earth site to see what I can come up with. I have been laying nuts on rack inside to dry. I figured I can use the hickory nut in any recipie that calls for walnuts etc. Me and the squirel are have a competition to see who can collect the most nuts. I think the squirrel is winning. Been also drying assorted fruits that are in season. Autum is my favorate time of year. Temp is just right, just enjoying the adventure.
Stu
09/19/2008 - 09:08
Nuts
I have lots of longleaf pines where I am in Florida and every summer, the squirrels attempt to harvest the huge green pinecones by chewing them off at the base. Then the pinecones fall from the tree like bombs and either hit the roof of my house or the hood of one of the cars. So each day I go around picking up the green pinecones and throwing them in a large rubbermaid container in the garage. They dry out over the fall and winter and open up and out spills all these pine nuts. That's what the squirrels are after. They peel off the green layers to get to the still moist pine nuts and then leave the cores all over the place looking like corn cobs all chewed clean. But now I have all those pine nuts I saved in a big container. They have a papery skin on them that needs to be removed before they're human edible. I imagine there's a way to do that without having to peel each one, like maybe tumble them in some kind of container? Soak them? I hear pine nuts are good in pasta dishes.
This makes me think...wouldn't it be so cool to eat just wild food caught or grown right in your own woods? A goose with pinenut stuffing? oh yum....
Frances (very hungry)
P.S. Stu, where are you guys in Vermont? The Vermont border is only about an hour and 15 from where my land is in NY.
09/19/2008 - 13:30
location
Frances;
Actualy we are building in Ashford Connecticut, aprox a half hour from springfield Mass. MMMM Pine nuts that does sound good. In my younger days I worked as a line cook in a few high end restaurants. There were quite a few pasta saute dishes using pine nuts. Back in the early 90's pine nuts went for like $18 a pound. I think I read with pine nuts, after thery are removed from the cones. You roast them and rub between hands and thin outer shell should just peel off.
Stu
09/19/2008 - 19:30
Hickory Dickory, Take 2
I'm not sure if you found the article in your search, but just in case, here is the link again: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1980-09-01/Hickory-Nuts-The-Inside-Story.aspx
The article is called "Hickory Nuts: The 'Inside' Story"
I hope the link works this time!
Louanne
09/19/2008 - 22:52
found it
Yeah I found it and about 10 others pertaining to hickory as whell as other nut trees. My only problem now is the husks around nut leave black and yellow stains on your hands. I cannot get the stains off even with snapon hand cleaner with pumace. I guess that is why the article says to wear gloves. I even found an article that shows how to remove tannin from acorns so they arent bitter, by boiling in water. Tannin water can be saved for a home sunburs/insect bite soothing agent. Mabe when we are at the cabin tomarow we will forage for acorns as well. Thanks for the link.
Stu
09/25/2008 - 00:24
Killer Cookie
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My grandmothers that now passed would make cholate chip cookie with those nuts.
She was active till her late 70s. But then it hit her you could tell she leave the shells in the cookies.
It was like cracker jacks a shell in ever cookie.
I stayed away from any other forms of food she had at her home ahaha
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