Post by patricimo54 on Dec 28, 2008 8:46:03 GMT -5
I have gathered my fair share of nuts from under trees over the years. Several years ago a old woman on a fixed income taught me her technique for harvesting a much wider variety of nuts at a very low cost. You may have guessed it WalMart. After the holidays they will slowly start reducing prices. If you will keep a eye on the price drops to make your move you can purchase quality nuts at a fraction of the cost, as low as a dollar a pound. Last year we purchased over fifty pounds at this price. Walnuts, almonds, hazel nuts mostly and a few pecans. The pecans seem to go first. That didn't bother us so much last year we had already put up about 35 pounds that I had gathered. This year a violent hail storm wiped out the crop on the trees I normally harvest so we have hopes of purchasing our share of these as well.
Beautiful Bride and myself with nut crackers in hand perched before the TV after the evening meal would process several pounds a night. Over the course of time we had our crop cracked and sacked. Using the snack sized bags for the nuts we would then put four filled snack bags into one quart freezer bag and then off to the freezer they go.This keeps them tasting fresh for a very long time.
Besides just snacking and desserts we use them often to complement our meals. Walnuts in our chicken salad, almonds in stir frys and green beans, crushed skillet roasted hazelnuts to coat a cheese ball,etc. I hope this helps some of you to save some money and to add another source of protein to your food storage program.
Beautiful Bride and myself with nut crackers in hand perched before the TV after the evening meal would process several pounds a night. Over the course of time we had our crop cracked and sacked. Using the snack sized bags for the nuts we would then put four filled snack bags into one quart freezer bag and then off to the freezer they go.This keeps them tasting fresh for a very long time.
Besides just snacking and desserts we use them often to complement our meals. Walnuts in our chicken salad, almonds in stir frys and green beans, crushed skillet roasted hazelnuts to coat a cheese ball,etc. I hope this helps some of you to save some money and to add another source of protein to your food storage program.
