On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite nut of all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
> There are however problems with cashew processing.
> https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
JK is my favorite nut followed closely by J B. Maybe.

Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:15:12 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:37:31 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:06:01 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We could call them white walnuts to distinguish them from black walnuts,
>>>> but that never really caught on. Wikipedia informs me they're also called
>>>> Persian walnut, Carpathian walnut, or Madeira walnut.
>>>>
>>>> I do refer to the two white walnut trees in my yard that way, though.
>>> Well, it's just that there's not much English about them.
>>
>> You're not wrong. But we had to call them something to distinguish them
>>from the native black walnut, and they were brought to America from England.
>>
>> I also have black walnuts growing in my yard. They're much more prolific
>> than the white walnut trees. The squirrels enjoy both kinds.
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a black one. Walnut that is. Maybe
> they're not worth exporting or growing outside of their native area.
> Not if you can choose white walnut instead.
>

Black walnuts matter!

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:21:53 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 3:06:02 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:15:12 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >You're not wrong. But we had to call them something to distinguish them
>> >from the native black walnut, and they were brought to America from England.
>> >
>> >I also have black walnuts growing in my yard. They're much more prolific
>> >than the white walnut trees. The squirrels enjoy both kinds.
>> I don't think I've ever seen a black one. Walnut that is. Maybe
>> they're not worth exporting or growing outside of their native area.
>
>They probably are not. They're native to North America and are more
>difficult to process than white walnuts. Their flavor is also somewhat
>stronger, so they're not really a 1:1 replacement.
>
>The squirrels, in fact, usually wait for me to "process" them with the
>lawn mower. Once I've removed the thick husk they're more interested
>in opening or burying the remaining walnut in its shell.

Lazy buggers

"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:22:07 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Bruce" wrote in message
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>
>On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:29:11 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:24:58 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 9:52:29 AM UTC-6,
>>>wrote:
>>>> I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite nut of
>>>> all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
>>>> There are however problems with cashew processing.
>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
>>>
>>>Macadamias, then cashews! A mix is really good!
>>>
>>>John Kuthe
>>
>>I find macadamias flavorless and too oily. I like cashews but won't
>>go out of my way for them. I like pistachios but I prefer walnuts and
>>filberts.
>
>Filberts It's such a quaint dialect.
>
>====
>
> Filberts!!! I haven't heard that in many many years!! When I was a
>little girl, my mother used to say I had filbert nails
>
> Boy that brought back memories)))

Oh, so they didn't make it up themselves. Now I'm wondering what
filbert nails are. Round and hard to crack, I guess.

===

LOL I can assure you mine are not like that))

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:59:01 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:28:26 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9:02:46 AM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
> >>
> >> i like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
> >> roasted or raw are good.
> >>
> >You eat raw sunflower seeds? Really?
> >>
> >> songbird
> >--Bryan
> I grow giant sunflowers, I've eaten the seeds raw but they are better
> roasted. I usually toast some shelled in a pan in butter, but most
> end up damaged by insects because I don't use insecticides. I let the
> birds have at them. Bluejays are masters at shelling sunflower seeds.
We recently went to a sunflower farm. What a gas that was. We got sunflowers, sunflower honey, corn bread, and lemonade. There were a couple of big turkeys there. Curiously, they seemed to enjoy the company of humans.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dGcGa2MaN94mAVBdA

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:27:10 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:31:00 AM UTC-10,
> wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:16:26 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
> > > On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:03:09 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:56:21 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > > > wrote:
> > > >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:52:20 AM UTC-5,
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:39:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-5,
> > > >>> > wrote:
> > > >>> > > I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my
> > > >>> > > favorite
> > > >>> > > nut of all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
> > > >>> > > There are however problems with cashew processing.
> > > >>> > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
> > > >>> > Pistachios, apparently. I've been eating them as a midafternoon
> > > >>> > snack for months. Prior to that I was
> > > >>> > rotating among pecans, walnuts, and pistachios, but I eventually
> > > >>> > switched to just pistacios.
> > > >>> I'll never buy roasted ones again.
> > > >>> https://www.target.com/p/wonderful-r...z/-/A-76544165
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Cindy Hamilton
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --Bryan
> > > >> I get Wonderful pistachios, roasted, salted, and without the
> > > >> shells.
> > > >
> > > > I just ordered 4# of hickory nuts in the shell. Now I need a piece
> > > > of
> > > > granite (or an anvil) and a sledgehammer.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > > >
> > > > --Bryan
> > > Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that they
> > > crack
> > > the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to crack walnuts.
> > It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12"
> > Channel
> > Lock,
> > but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
> > https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
> >
> > --Bryan
> I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel
> locks. Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers? My favorite trick is
> to
> hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a table. A smart guy would
> hold it so the walnut makes contact with the table instead of your fingers
> but I never did.
> ======
>
> LOL do you not damage the table??? Btw how are your fingers now?? lol
That's a good point. It's probably a good idea to protect the table by
wrapping your fingers around the walnut. Don't do this on a hard surface,
that might hurt! A solid wood table works best. This trick works because
walnuts are weaker than most people believe. OTOH, if you're over the age of
60, this may be a bad idea. Mostly, this is just a cheap parlor trick. Most
times, the nut is smashed all to hell.

====

Not had any for years They were always around at Christmas, especially
in my Grandma's house where we always spent our Christmas. Those and other
nuts were always popular then

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:12:08 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Bruce" wrote in message ...
>
>On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:22:07 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Bruce" wrote in message
. ..
>>
>>On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:29:11 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:24:58 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 9:52:29 AM UTC-6,
>>>>wrote:
>>>>> I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite nut of
>>>>> all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
>>>>> There are however problems with cashew processing.
>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
>>>>
>>>>Macadamias, then cashews! A mix is really good!
>>>>
>>>>John Kuthe
>>>
>>>I find macadamias flavorless and too oily. I like cashews but won't
>>>go out of my way for them. I like pistachios but I prefer walnuts and
>>>filberts.
>>
>>Filberts It's such a quaint dialect.
>>
>>====
>>
>> Filberts!!! I haven't heard that in many many years!! When I was a
>>little girl, my mother used to say I had filbert nails
>>
>> Boy that brought back memories)))
>
>Oh, so they didn't make it up themselves. Now I'm wondering what
>filbert nails are. Round and hard to crack, I guess.
>
>===
>
> LOL I can assure you mine are not like that))

lol, ok

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:21:14 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:59:01 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:28:26 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9:02:46 AM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>> >>
>> >> i like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
>> >> roasted or raw are good.
>> >>
>> >You eat raw sunflower seeds? Really?
>> >>
>> >> songbird
>> >--Bryan
>> I grow giant sunflowers, I've eaten the seeds raw but they are better
>> roasted. I usually toast some shelled in a pan in butter, but most
>> end up damaged by insects because I don't use insecticides. I let the
>> birds have at them. Bluejays are masters at shelling sunflower seeds.
>We recently went to a sunflower farm. What a gas that was. We got sunflowers, sunflower honey, corn bread, and lemonade. There were a couple of big turkeys there. Curiously, they seemed to enjoy the company of humans.
>https://photos.app.goo.gl/dGcGa2MaN94mAVBdA

Do they make corn bread and lemonade from sunflowers or is that just a
standard addition?

On 12/15/2020 1:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>>>>>
>>>>> --Bryan
>>>> Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that they crack
>>>> the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to crack walnuts.
>>> It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12" Channel
>>> Lock,
>>> but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
>>> https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>> I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel
>> locks. Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers? My favorite trick is to
>> hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a table. A smart guy would
>> hold it so the walnut makes contact with the table instead of your fingers
>> but I never did.
>> ======
>>
>> LOL do you not damage the table??? Btw how are your fingers now?? lol
> That's a good point. It's probably a good idea to protect the table by wrapping your fingers around the walnut. Don't do this on a hard surface, that might hurt! A solid wood table works best. This trick works because walnuts are weaker than most people believe. OTOH, if you're over the age of 60, this may be a bad idea. Mostly, this is just a cheap parlor trick. Most times, the nut is smashed all to hell.
>

I used to just drive over them when they fell from the tree to my
driveway.

Hank Rogers wrote:
> Black walnuts matter!

Cheaper to open too if they could be used for targets in a racist police
academy shooting range. heheh

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> I used to just drive over them when they fell from the tree to my driveway.

If you drive over black walnuts, they'll punch holes in your tires.

On 2020-12-16 9:49 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Â*Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> I used to just drive over them when they fell from the tree to my
>> driveway.
>
> If you drive over black walnuts, they'll punch holes in your tires.
>
>
>
You should see them fly when you run over them with the tractor mower.

"songbird" wrote in message news
Ophelia wrote:
....
> Blimey!!!! I can't visualise that many cookies))) How long is it
> likely to be for you to eat that many))))

they're mostly gone now. Mom delivered trays yesterday
to a bunch of people so we only have a few dozen left here.
i'm sure i'll have a few today, but not too many, i'm trying
to keep from gaining too much extra weight this winter.

we also had turtles (with pecans or cashews), stained
glass windows, date nut bread, taco salad, bread,
macaroni and tomatoes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
the last few items were for the vegetarian guy at the
greenhouse. i think we have some macaroni and tomatoes
in the fridge for us to eat. i finished off some of the
taco meat yesterday that was from the taco salad. Mom
can't eat it any more as the spices bother her. oh and
we had leftover squash from what i roasted last week so
i put that in the bowl and put the taco meat on top it
was pretty tasty and filling.

the other thing that really helped empty out the
fridge yesterday too was that Mom shipped another friend
some packages so we had 12 extra pounds of butter in the
and a large bag of oranges and a bunch of packages of
nuts and the dried cherries that were going to her.

it's nice to have a bit of room back in the fridge
now. the freezer is packed pretty full though.

today i need to make some beans, we've been eating a
lot of meat lately and i'm normally not doing that every
day so to get back to our routine for the next week
will be nice. i won't be making a big batch because we
don't have room in the freezer for the extras. that is
fine with me.


songbird

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I can't get onto your site((

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