The Fruit Of A Walnut

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Sir Boodle

Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 28
Location: The Shire of Spires and Squires

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 06 7:34 pm Post subject: The Fruit Of A Walnut
Hello all! I was a-wundering, is the fleshy fruit wrapped around a walnut in anyway edable or useful or is it just a nice way of making something so ugly look pretty while it is in nature?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 06 7:39 pm Post subject:
No edible uses that I know of

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 06 8:33 pm Post subject:
Aren't the shells used in dying?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 06 8:34 pm Post subject:

TAVASCAROW wrote:

Aren't the shells used in dying?

Yeah, other stuff too, but no time rihht now

hardworkinghippy

Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Posts: 1110
Location: Bourrou South West France

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 06 7:32 am Post subject:
They make a lovely dye which doesn't need a mordant (so no chemicals) ranging from light beige to almost black depending on the strength of the mix. It's one of my favourites because the yarn doesn't lose its lustre. This is me doing a colour test on my mohair:

Sir Boodle

Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 28
Location: The Shire of Spires and Squires

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 06 4:38 pm Post subject:
Cheers guys, I'm learning so much already. I now know a new way to dye my clothes and that I'd better nip off and call an ambulance. ttfn.

sally_in_wales
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 06 5:05 pm Post subject:
been eating them have you? bet your mouth turned a funny colour (seriously though, they probably don't taste very nice at all)

treaclepuss

Joined: 30 Aug 2006
Posts: 139

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 06 7:31 pm Post subject:
And handling the green bits will make your fingers look like you are a chain smoker. All my walnuts came down in the storm the other night - which was just as well, as that old saying about not beating your horse but encouraging you to beat your wife, dog and walnut tree was not mentioned this year.... (I don't think so )

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 06 8:10 pm Post subject:
I wouldn't recommend chewing a walnut husk as the plant contains a toxin called 'juglone'.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Sep 24, 06 7:40 am Post subject:

hedgehogpie wrote:

the plant contains a toxin called 'juglone'.

Which is supposed to make an excellent insect repellent.

treaclepuss

Joined: 30 Aug 2006
Posts: 139

Posted: Sun Sep 24, 06 7:19 pm Post subject:
Nothing grows under them and I know lots of peeps who won't sit under mine even on a very hot day - could be superstition like the may blossom indoors thing - or maybe the juglone goes for the jugular? The pollen makes you cough in the spring and you need a hard hat this time of year

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