Pickled Walnuts
There is always something that gets overlooked and this year we forgot to harvest the two walnut trees in the cottage garden when the crop was ready for pickling. The same thing happened last year and, to make matters worse, the walnuts fell and were lost in the surrounding undergrowth. Afterwards, when the weeds were cut 'down, not a "walnut wag to 'be found. Something had harvested them. I was sure they had not gone to waste. In July this year, when the shells were still soft enough for pickling, I.recall that I drew attention to the fact and mentioned the old saying about beating both women and walnut trees, but in spite of the comment my warning brought, the trees went unbeaten. Someone mentioned that pickled walnuts are indigestible things. Round about Christmas I expect to be reminded that the walnut crop was overlooked at pickling time, and 1 expect to hear that pickled walnuts have a flavour that nothing can beat.
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