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Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 07:31 PM
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I was boiling today and noticed when I pulled my traps out of the pot that they looked like they had oil on them. Now these traps have been used for years...no new traps! The pot has been used also for years. Could this be natural oils from the walnuts? After they dried they didnt look like they had film on them. Anyone else ever have this happen?
Last edited by goldnut; 10/16/18 07:31 PM.
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 07:33 PM
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
[Re: minklessinpa]
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10/16/18 07:35 PM
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all I use! how old where the walnuts? This years. Picked them about 1 week ago.
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 07:36 PM
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Nothing to worry about then? Go ahead and wax?
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 07:37 PM
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Nothing to worry about then? Go ahead and wax? I do. Never been an issue.
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
[Re: minklessinpa]
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10/16/18 07:52 PM
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Are you guys boiling with the nuts or the husks? I have always used just the husks which are what contains the tannin that darkens the traps.
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
[Re: minklessinpa]
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10/16/18 08:02 PM
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about time you get that done! Some of us aint retired yet! You lucky sum gun!!!
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 08:04 PM
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They work better with just the husk. I collect them and throw the husk n a barrel of rain water and let them steep.
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 08:11 PM
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They work better with just the husk. I collect them and throw the husk n a barrel of rain water and let them steep. Why do they work better without the nut?
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 08:26 PM
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If the husk has turned black, I guess the whole thing would work fine. I always removed the nut and saved that for eating. The husk turns black quicker I think because the air can get at it. It may also work better because more of the husk surface is exposed to the water. AND..maybe I am completely wrong..all except for the walnut eating part. I think you're wrong on the eating part too.  lol
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
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10/16/18 08:36 PM
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If the husk has turned black, I guess the whole thing would work fine. I always removed the nut and saved that for eating. The husk turns black quicker I think because the air can get at it. It may also work better because more of the husk surface is exposed to the water. AND..maybe I am completely wrong..all except for the walnut eating part. I think you're wrong on the eating part too. lol LOL! Well, I have been wrong once or twice before. My wife keeps track. She will have a much more accurate count. I will say that I have gone a mile or two out of my way to a place where I knew they had really good black walnut ice cream. mmmmm
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Re: Who boils with walnuts?
[Re: squacks]
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10/16/18 08:38 PM
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I have 8 black walnut trees here in the lots. I think I saw about 6 nuts in one tree this season. A monstrous hail storm back about the first week in May did about $20,000 damage to the house and 1 vehicle and took out most of the mast bloom. It's logwood dye for me this year and I need to be getting to it. Found ONE walnut in my yard that the squirrels didn't haul off out of 3 big walnut trees. I used logwood as well this round.
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