Black walnuts don’t mess around. They fall from the tree looking like green tennis balls with a bad attitude. The outer husk is thick, juicy, and stains your hands a deep, angry brown for days. You will look like you’ve been in a fistfight with a mud puddle.
Inside that gooey husk is a shell that’s harder than concrete. Seriously, some people compare it to cracking a rock. But inside that shell is a rich, wild, almost smoky nut. It’s worth the war.
