My dad used a diagonal cutter to trim the shell away from the meat. he just cracked them enough to open them up.

I got a pretty decent walnut cracker. I don't think it's a high end one like Keith has. It does a decent job way better than a hammer.

The nut cracker I have gets a lot of sections of nut out whole. I wish I had it 42 years ago, when I first had a walnut tree in the yard.

I really like black walnuts in chocolate brownies. The nuts make the flavor much richer.

Keith

crack them then let set for a couple weeks to dry then pick the meat out

On yeah...brownies and fudge...best of the best...


Donnie

It's a bad year for black walnuts here, but I've still gotten a fair amount from around a dozen trees on my farm. 7 buckets of walnuts in hulls makes 2 buckets hulled and pressure washed.







Here's the nut cracker I use. The G. Gardner Master Nut Cracker.




Anyone else collecting nuts.

Keith

Thanks for posting the picture of the walnut cracker. I've never seen one like that.

It works very well. You can put the lever in whatever notch gives you the most torque, based on the size of the nuts. You can also adjust both of the screw pieces that hold the nut. It operates very smoothly.

My friend James bought a cheaper knockoff, that doesn't work near as well. The knockoff doesn't automatically adjust to the size of the nut as well and catches some.

Keith