Slick Tips and Handy Hints
July/August 1976
By the Mother Earth News editors
Hulled walnuts can be cleaned easily! Just put approximately hald a bushel of them into a cement mixer, add a quarter bushel of stones or gravel about the same size as the fruit, and pour in plenty of water. Run the machine until the nuts appear to be ready (you may want to change the water once or twice), and dump the contents onto a screen. Rinse, and pick out the nuts. You'll find that they're free of trash, ready to be dried, and attractive enough to market!
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