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To summarize, we do not advice to buy black walnut, unless you are suffering from diarrhea.<\/p>\n
To end a story we also attach a random picture from the kitchen:<\/p>\n
Have you ever tried black walnut? It looks a bit like an ordinary walnut, but this one is really black and super hard. First time we heard about it one year ago in Guatemala, when Katja got diarrhea after brushing teethes with contaminated water. We found out that this walnut destroys the parasites in the intestine, and it really did after Katja treated her problem with pills made out of black walnut powder.<\/p>\n
When we arrived to Ecuador, we finally saw this walnut in the market. Of course, we were eager to try it. Bought small bag and we were informed that these nuts should be opened with either hammer or stone.<\/p>\n
First we tried old Lithuanian method for opening ordinary walnuts – placing the nut between the door and casing of the door, and slowly closing the door to make walnut to crack. Unfortunately black walnut is not so weak. It has a really thick husk, and this method would rather brake the door than open a nut.<\/p>\n
We decided to invest into a lobster cracker. Our first try. We force the nut to crack. It CRACKED! Well, not the walnut, but the cracker itself. We had to bring this 30 seconds used tool back to supermarket and complain that it does not do its job. The shop reimbursed our money, and we invested them into a stronger cracker. We tried the scenario again. This time Katja felt that the tool might have the same destiny and we had the only choice – open these nuts on the street with the brick. It was easier than we thought. The only thing which disappointed us was that there is just a piece of nothing in the meat section of this black walnut. The whole space is almost taken by the super thick husk.<\/p>\n
Here is the picture of black walnut:<\/p>\n