{"id":25096,"date":"2012-10-16T00:07:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T07:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=25096"},"modified":"2012-10-16T00:07:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T07:07:55","slug":"walnut-crackin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/25096","title":{"rendered":"he&#8217;s crackin&#8217; nuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After we gathered the walnuts from our 100-year-old black walnut trees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"gift_gab-black_walnut-0128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gift_gab-black_walnut-0128.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We had to figure out how to get crackin&#8217; (remove the hulls) so they can\u00a0dry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Best way to do that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With a\u00a0tractor, of course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hubby was more than happy to run &#8217;em over a few times. This method is tried-and-true! However, you can use a hammer or the heel of your boot in a pinch. This year we squished them on a patch of dry pasture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-25102\" title=\"gift_gab-crackn-0662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gift_gab-crackn-0662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"560\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-25103\" title=\"gift_gab-crackn-0674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gift_gab-crackn-0674.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"540\" \/>They do sure look like lemons or limes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-25104\" title=\"gift_gab-crackn-0694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gift_gab-crackn-0694.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After several sessions under the tires and using heavy-duty gloves, and I mean HEAVY-DUTY, we separated the inner shell from the outer. A chemical in the shells called juglone\u00a0stains your hands mightily, so gloves are a must. Early pioneers used walnuts hulls to dye their clothing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-25105\" title=\"gift_gab-crackn-0703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gift_gab-crackn-0703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once they&#8217;re dehulled, albeit a little grassy, they look like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image wp-image-25107\" title=\"gift_gab-crackn-0724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gift_gab-crackn-0724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The strength of those outer shells is incredible.\u00a0But the weight of a tractor can really break &#8217;em down. If you have a small, ripe batch, the heel of a boot will do (kids are helpful in this department).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After a good washing, we&#8217;ll let them dry in our mill house on cardboard for 1-2 weeks. Stay tuned for some recipes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After we gathered the walnuts from our 100-year-old black walnut trees. We had to figure out how to get crackin&#8217; (remove the hulls) so they can\u00a0dry. Best way to do that? With a\u00a0tractor, of course. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/25096\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[102,549,641],"class_list":["post-25096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab","tag-black-walnuts","tag-maryjanes-gift-for-gab","tag-nick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}