Black Walnuts, Love and Hate Relationship
By Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
September 22, 2017 6:01pm CST
I am a huge fan of nuts (some even follow me around
) always have been and about 25 years ago this friend came by and offered me some black walnuts and I said sure, he dumped them in the yard and when I seen the black mushy mess I was not thrilled but thanks him anyways. I learned really fast to wear plastic throw away dish gloves when handling them, beat them with a hammer and took 9 thousand years to pick out enough to make cookies.But they are SO good.
I even had a few take root and I still battle this trees today, I chop them down and they come back.
Yesterday my new friend offered Tony black walnuts and he accepted, she is 85 and he will have to pick them up (like that is gonna happen)
While I like black walnuts I am more into English walnuts, pecans and almonds. With pecans being my all time favorite, I do not mind picking up the pecans nor do I mind cracking them.
I think I will stick with my pecan friend and just visit the black walnut friend.
At this moment I am being very bad, I am eating Tony`s black walnut ice cream 
How about you? Are you as nutty as I am? 
) always have been and about 25 years ago this friend came by and offered me some black walnuts and I said sure, he dumped them in the yard and when I seen the black mushy mess I was not thrilled but thanks him anyways. I learned really fast to wear plastic throw away dish gloves when handling them, beat them with a hammer and took 9 thousand years to pick out enough to make cookies.But they are SO good.
I even had a few take root and I still battle this trees today, I chop them down and they come back.
Yesterday my new friend offered Tony black walnuts and he accepted, she is 85 and he will have to pick them up (like that is gonna happen)
While I like black walnuts I am more into English walnuts, pecans and almonds. With pecans being my all time favorite, I do not mind picking up the pecans nor do I mind cracking them.
I think I will stick with my pecan friend and just visit the black walnut friend.
At this moment I am being very bad, I am eating Tony`s black walnut ice cream
How about you? Are you as nutty as I am? 11 people like this
13 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 Sep 17
Pecans I love..Walnuts I do not.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Sep 17
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don`t
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@sallypup (57858)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Sep 17
@andriaperry Pecans are so tasty. I'm sure they are one of the perks for living in the South.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
@sallypup I thank God for them!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Sep 17
Georgia, I have never seen so many pecan tree farms in my life.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
23 Sep 17
I wish I could find a tree around here with nuts! My daughter and I both love them. Pecan is my favorite also! I'm having my Butter Pecan Ice Cream. Ice Cream was on sale and I told hubby I wanted 1, he got me 3 Butter Pecan. I'm gonna get a big butt! 
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
24 Sep 17
@andriaperry I dont have that problem, I do get a tummy ache like now! But it is here and keeps calling my name and saying I taste soooo good! 
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
I cannot eat it often, it runs up my blood sugar.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Sep 17
@Ithink I envy you, that used to be my favorite.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
23 Sep 17
I love nuts. I like the local peanuts here but would want to buy more of the almonds. I like it on ice cream.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
Oh yeah, they are awesome on ice cream!
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@LadyDuck (458081)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 17
@andriaperry They are beautiful big trees, people here make a liquor with the walnuts when they are still young inside their green cocoon.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
I am going to buy a few tree`s, maybe they will make nuts when I am old, so they will be free.
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
23 Sep 17
we had a black walnut tree in our back yard when i was a kid,,, they were good but made such a mess when you had to get them out
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
22 Sep 17
Ah we have a black walnut tree that the squirrels love! And we get baby trees every once in a while that I have to chop down--prolific little buggers! But so tasty!
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Sep 17
We love nuts of all sort and these are included in our menu almost daily.
Although we don't grow any nuts on our property, we have plenty of places to find what we need or want.
Funny thing about pecans: We have made homemade almond butter and peanut butter and cashew butter. Maybe we will try making pecan butter this year.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
Yum, I bet that would be good. I used to make nut butters but have not in a while.
I eat more types of nuts than the few I listed.
@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
23 Sep 17
I haven't had black walnuts in quite a long time. My grandparents used to have walnut orchards when I was a kid and we were always getting walnuts from them. I forgot how messy those black walnuts are to deal with. We also had some neighbors who would hand those out to trick or treaters on Halloween...nobody liked getting black walnuts in their Halloween bucket. My friend Wendy's mom tried to pay us once in black walnuts when we were trying to earn money for a pizza party and we had to tell her cash only...Little Caesar's Pizza doesn't accept payment in walnuts, so neither did we.
We also had some neighbors who would hand those out to trick or treaters on Halloween...nobody liked getting black walnuts in their Halloween bucket. My friend Wendy's mom tried to pay us once in black walnuts when we were trying to earn money for a pizza party and we had to tell her cash only...Little Caesar's Pizza doesn't accept payment in walnuts, so neither did we. 1 person likes this
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
OMG! terrible Halloween trick. No way would I work for Black walnuts, that is just funny.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
22 Sep 17
My dad was allergic to black walnuts. I discovered when I eat them, I get a rash on my tongue. However, I can eat regular walnuts. Isn't that strange?
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Sep 17
I've never even heard of them. I'd like to try them. Too bad my girlfriend is allergic.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
Well you can try them in a salad or ice cream.
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