[Sca-cooks] Walnuts and nut cracking devices

[Huette von Ahrens]

Actually it is the husks that are used for
dyeing, not the shells.  

It is always a chore to get the husks off, if 
they are picked a little green.  When the nut is
perfectly ripe, then the husks loosen naturally
and you should have little problem removing them.
 
The biggest problem is removing the juicey husks
without staining your hands and clothing.  If the
husk dries to the shell, then you have an equally
big mess and the nuts are difficult to shell.

I don't know what was done in period, but I do
know that in mundania, I wear rubber gloves and a
rubber apron to husk the nuts.  And by rubber
gloves, I mean the ones you use for washing
dishes, etc.  Not the disposable ones, which have

a bad failure rate and you will end up with brown
fingers in no time at all.  Leather gloves don't
protect you at all, either.

Huette


--- Sharon Gordon <gordonse at one.net> wrote:
> I am looking for something which does a good
> job of getting the outer (green
> tennis ball like) shell off a walnut.  Any
> suggestions?
> 
> For people who like to save the shells for
> dyeing fabric, is it better to
> freeze them or dry them or ???
> 
> I have a nut cracker that does well for thinner
> shells.  And I was wondering
> what pre 1600 nut cracking devices and nut
> picks looked like?
> 
> Sharon
> gordonse at one.net
> 
> 
> 
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