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Unripe walnuts - is there anything I can do with them
nightsky224
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We have a huge walnut tree that hangs over our garden. They are not yet ripe but we have loads of them falling off the tree. I know it's too late for pickiling but is there anything else I can do with them? Any one know if they will ripen if I leave them in the husk?
Recently married and loving it x
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Pickle them
https://honest-food.net/pickled-walnuts-recipe/
They are beautiful and cost a fortune in the shops0 -
Pickle them
https://honest-food.net/pickled-walnuts-recipe/
They are beautiful and cost a fortune in the shops
Sadly we have gone past that stage they are in between pickling and eating.
I did think about pickiling but none were falling then and the tree is far too tall for me to scramble up lolRecently married and loving it x0 -
Can I ask why too late for pickling?0
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To pickle the walnuts apparently the walnut shell needs to not of formed (which it now had) think the time for that is about JuneRecently married and loving it x0
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The outer green husks - wear washing-up gloves before you touch them!!! - are a wonderful wonderful dye for dark hair. If you know anyone with dark hair who currently uses bought artificial dyes but is the sort who might like to go natural, then walnut husks are THE best thing possible.
I used some for years which a friend posted me, which I kept in the freezer, and only used them when I needed to, re-using the liquid for weeks in between adding more walnut-husks...
I used about a mug full of husks, in an old metal bucket, and tipped a kettle of boiling water over them, left it for two days and sieved it. I also boiled up some herbs in a saucepan with some water to add scent and gloss (rosemary and some others), and added that water and a bit of cider vinegar. I ended up with enough to fill a two-litre Kilner-type jar that I kept it in, between hair-washes. Most weeks I used it, as a final rinse, leaving it in, and it built up to give beautifully glossy dark hair. I loved it... I could go several washes without using it, once I'd got the colour deepened nicely.
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