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Post by sd51555 on Sept 17, 2017 23:18:14 GMT -6
I took a detour up to Fosston, MN with Williston Peter to check out a place he's been slowly working for habitat. He hadn't been out there for two years, myself in four. So I decided to go with and offer some help on how to save his apple trees we planted and to try to ID some stuff for him. I ended up finding some hazelnuts hanging, so I grabbed a cluster and brought them home. They appear dry and clean. I put one in my mouth and stopped short of breaking my teeth off.
So I ask, what do you do with hazelnut once you found a few?
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 18, 2017 6:01:51 GMT -6
As kids, we had to pick them before the bugs moved into them and let them dry. Then take a hammer and crack them open.
If you see a tiny hole in the hazel nut, it is too late. The bugs got them.
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Post by westbranch on Sept 18, 2017 8:49:32 GMT -6
The hole is from weevil larvae that crawled out, similar to acorns. No bug inside, but no meat left. Sometimes if there is no hole, the larvae might still be inside. Quite a few years ago I collected a few handfuls and a few that I cracked open still had the larvae inside. With the ones with no larvae we just ate them raw, they were ok. I know Reagan has posted a few links to Hank Shaw's website, this should be better than the pickled walnuts: honest-food.net/harvesting-wild-hazelnuts/ |
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Post by Reagan on Sept 24, 2017 6:58:38 GMT -6
I didn't realize Hank covered Hazel nuts.
They have to be better than pickled walnuts.
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