Picking and Processing Wild Hazelnuts with Never a Goose Chase

You too can eat wild hazelnuts. This video will explain what to do with your nuts from harvesting to roasting to storage. For more general information about wild hazelnuts, read my blog post at: neveragoosecha...
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[@DrJ4712]

Thanks for this great video! I just moved to Northern Minnesota and found hazelnutall over my property! I missed the winfow to pick but apparently the deer and squirrels didn’t!😂😅 I'll know better next year. Thanks again 😊❤

[@avalonprojectwildfire]

To crack shells, my friend lent me a G-clamp that tightens by turning a handle. You can gently increase the pressure without hurting your hands. Pieces of shell do still sometimes fire across the room but it's much less likely that the whole nuts will!

[@beethethi7766]

Thanks! First year I had hazelnuts, gathered them, husked them, and put some in lidded container. Three or four weeks later, I learned (the hard way) not to do that again as they had gotten moldy. What a waste! Luckily, I had left some in plastic bags (not closed) & those didn’t go bad. Now, thanks to you, I know I should’ve roasted them (half an hour at 220 Fahrenheit!? My stove uses Celsius). If I had to guess, I’d go with low heat (F) not super high (C).

[@dcvariousvids8082]

I have a third generation nut cracker, that’ll cope with very small nuts upto large walnuts & Brazil nuts. Though walnuts are more fun to crack, just pressing one nut against another in the hand. Our nut cracker is wide and rounded on the outside, with graduated grip-teeth on the inside. Don’t know who made it, only that it was bought in Wales c1920s.
Thanks for a great guide to prepping hazel nuts.

[@Marra7777]

Thanks for the video.
You are an inspiration.

[@mirian593]

Great vídeo thank you ❤

[@furstenfeldbruck]

My friend cracks the nuts with his teeth and I look at him like he's a psycho

[@Dustinlove102]

🍁🌱🍂

[@lynnmoss2127]

I hope you left a bunch for wildlife

[@royheilman6662]

It’s always a race against wildlife. They get far more than we do.

[@glenhesketh1]

What are the health benefits?

[@royheilman6662]

Satisfaction from eating local, organic nuts

[@thomasjcorson7502]

There are many health benefits from nuts just look it up