And I have some real hope after finally finding this critical tip from the Mother Jones website: ‘Hickory nuts must be completely dried out before you crack them open. Give them several weeks in ...

Both humans and wildlife are busy foraging this first month of autumn for a tough nut to crack — Wisconsin’s flavorful hickory nut. Champions of this oft-overlooked edible know just ...

“The hut was a long ways from the woods and pasture.” Hickory nut gathering and cracking went by the wayside when he married Sue, but upon nearing retirement a few years back he returned to ...

Hickory nut kernels are so difficult to extract in large pieces. Learn how to eat hickory nuts and how to shell hickory nuts in a way that allows easy nut meat extraction. One of my family’s ...

Crack hickory nuts in a vise or heavy duty nutcracker by applying pressure across the widest dimension. Since hickory nuts are vulnerable to weevils, use the water sorting method described for ...

Inside is a richly flavored, delectable nutmeat — no wonder, since hickory is closely related to pecan. Although a hard nut to crack, hickory nuts are relished by both humans and animals ...

Even the two little ones who are picky eaters love eating the nuts as we crack them out,” she said. “We crack them as a family and make hickory nut pies.” Hickory nuts have a distinctive ...

The challenging part of hickory-harvesting is that it takes time, patience and nut-cracking skill to get the small bits of nut meat out of each hickory. None of those are strong suits of most 21 ...

Tough to crack and only available online, the hickory nut is worth the effort. If you’ve never tasted hickory nuts, you owe it to yourself to try them. The fall crop has dried and cured ...

One of my favorite fall wild edibles is a pain to crack open, but well worth the trouble. If you can break into the armored fortress that is a hickory nut, you won’t be disappointed. The fatty nut ...