A Chef can work miracles with Walnuts!! | Sorted Food

[@autumnh4995]

Only Sorted Food could get me to sit and watch an almost 20min vid about something I'm allergic to🤣

[@AG-xm6hf]

Same!❤

[@bullerfugl]

my throat got itchy just from eating it with my eyes, but good video it was worth it haha

[@zhangfeicui8207]

Same! 😂

[@RedRose1010100]

😂

[@skippymagrue]

Me too!

[@valliarlette6596]

Kudos to Kush, who undoubtedly played a role in creating these wonderful dishes (nice camera cameo)

[@IrrelephantRamblings]

I want more Kush! He's the best.

[@beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee1]

Knows how to handle his nuts

[@ItssKhaosss]

Actually this time round it was myself who prepared these dishes, Kush was present but it wasn't the chef 😏

[@erikkennedy]

​@@ItssKhaosssGood work, man. 😙👌

[@ValeTam]

Jay and Mike mocking Ben and Barry for interpretative dancing in sync but then they reply "Creamy" also in sync 😂 this group is sooo tight knit ❤

[@nightwalk118]

And the way they all laugh at Jamie’s interpretation of “salad”.

[@letitiajustin07]

You guys honestly do paid videos so well - they never feel like hard advertisement, and they’re always so entertaining and informative and I always learn something new watching them. Love this video! ❤

[@SortedFood]

Honestly this is the best feedback - thank you!

[@rosswrighthq]

You’d hope so given how many videos recently are paid…. Either that or a massive ad for an overpriced event in the middle. They’ve gone painfully commercial.

[@jtalboys64]

@@rosswrighthqand still youre here putting a comment 🤣

[@WahiniJen]

Commenting from the California Central Valley to mention that I was so happy to see your variety of walnut-based dishes in this video! I live surrounded by walnut and almond orchards, with walnut harvest fully underway. We do love our local products, and I thank you for the new walnut recipe ideas. (We grow a huge variety of other produce items around here, too. You would never run out of products to research, when you decide to make a return visit 🙂)

[@feliciatingsborg1924]

That fruit fly at 5:52 also found it delicious 😂

[@nokeechia]

I could not unsee it 😭

[@adamcoatham]

Hahaha, I came here to say the same thing - that pesky little scamp moving caught my eye straight away…..not quite the sexies that one 😂

[@stephanieowens791]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed it😂

[@TorpisoulYT]

Noticed it too

[@ppahppp]

I saw it and had to watch it again to check. My housemate said he didn't believe me. He had to watch it a few more times and I even pointed out twice before he admitted it existed. That fly got far too much attention 😂

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

Ben and Barry are once again proving that they’re in fact the best of friends in this video. The synchronisation is real. 😂

[@richbuilds_com]

At this point, we should just fully "ship" them and call them "Berry" ;-)

[@alexsis1778]

Jamie and Mike had a moment of synchronization too lol

[@richbuilds_com]

@@alexsis1778 You mean Jike?

[@yyflower]

It must be from living in that country cottage together

[@alisaishere]

@@yyflower and having baths together to save water

[@kimiamohamadi1415]

A persian dish called "fesenjan" is also based on a good quality walnuts. It can be prepared with small cubes of chicken or minced beef meatballs in a sauce made of onions, choped or grounded walnut and pomegranete malases. It can be served in a sweet style (with sugar) or sour as a main dish with rice. I hope you try and enjoy it

[@Larissa_KD]

Yess I was kinda hoping for this to come up, love this dish (I make a vegetarian version with aubergine)

[@trustypatches669]

I was hoping to see it, too.

[@helenswan705]

I have made veggie fesenjan and I can tell you, no matter how long you cook the stew, the walnuts never lose their texture. So before you start, decide what texture you want ie. fine or coars.

[@shirinkesha7]

The moment you opened the second dish I knew it was the eggplant roll from Georgia. And although I am not Georgian (I’m actually from a neighbouring Azerbaijan), I was happy you presented one of my favorite dishes that we’re familiar with since our childhood. But I’m also a little sad that you haven’t explored Azerbaijani cuisine. It’s a mixture of Turkish, Caucasian, Persian and a little sprinkle of Russian mix. And we have lots of different regional dishes as well. And to add to this video, we use walnuts in many of our dishes, and my favorite way to use them is in a paste used to stuff chicken or fish. Hope this comment gets viewed by the Sorted team, and if you consider to learn about Azerbaijani food, there are several food blogs I’d recommend to check out.

[@kjems81]

Homemade vanilla ice cream with walnuts and chocolate pieces is always a huge hit. often served it as a waiter in Denmark and people loved it.

[@karenwilliams3977]

Black walnuts need love, too! So many good things to do with walnuts: spinach/walnut pesto, walnut pate, walnut pasta sauce, etc. Usually an affordable walnut in U.S. compared to some of the others. Loved the variety of dishes featured! Thanks for another wonderful, educational episode.❤

[@yadayada752]

Black walnut ice cream!!!

[@whoslineluver]

Scrolled down here to find this! Black walnut ice cream is incredible! I've only seen it at Braum's which I no longer live near unfortunately. One of my favorite deserts was a mix of black walnut and german chocolate ice cream. @@yadayada752

[@dudee001]

Any advice on how to get the meat out? I struggle getting more than like 50% of it out of the shell

[@CaribbeanAdventures1]

My friend who had black walnut trees did this. "I got two stones, one big and one small. I sat the nut, after shelling off the outer shell, on the big rock. I then put the nut on the big rock vein up. I then hit it ON the vein. It cracks in half easily." Good luck!

[@alboyer6]

I miss black walnuts. Such a better more flavorful taste.

[@GeoFitz4]

I absolutely LOVE Muhammara. As soon as I heard the intro, I started thinking about Muhammara. From the look of it, the way me and my friends make it is heavier on Red Peppers. The one thing I love about making it, is that it initially will usually end up being very sweet. But as you add Salt to it, the flavor rounds out. When you get the salt exactly right, and you get that balance of sweet and umami just right, it becomes absolutely amazing.

[@helenswan705]

Ive made it and it's quite easy. Delicious, as you say. best to roast your own red peppers, as often the peppers in jars are in vinegar and you can never get rid of that taste. Bored with hummus? Try this!

[@GeoFitz4]

@@helenswan705Yeah, we usually use the jarred Red Peppers for time reasons, since this usually gets made for parties. But also because this is something where you can generally just have everything in the cupboard and pull it out to make whenever you want.

[@palepessimist242]

I am a Pole and my favourite way of eating walnuts in my childhood was picking them fresh from a tree growing in my dad's allotment, I feel like many Poles can relate. I was surprised you didn't know how walnuts look when they are still on a tree, but it's understandable, I just forgot how common walnut trees are in Poland. XD

[@Nixx0912]

Did you made orzechówka too?

[@michaeltschuertz]

Same here in Austria.

[@danutagajewski3330]

The mushroom and walnut "lasagna" triggered a childhood memory for me: my babcia used to make a walnut/mushroom filling for pierogi, absolutely delicious and a combo of the variety of savoury and sweet pierogi that are such a staple of Polish cuisine.

[@alisaishere]

@@danutagajewski3330 So I wasn't completely crazy when I was considering adding walnuts to my mushroom filling? So many meat free alternatives combine mushrooms and walnuts, so my brain did the "what if...?" scenario. I still haven't tried it yet, but now I'm going to have to.

[@vojemete]

In Serbia they used to be no.1 nut to use in sweets, grandmas would put them in everything, from baklava to different fancy cakes. Now they are more expensive than other, more egsotic nuts, even though they grow everywhere in abundance.

[@kelligoldin6456]

Great job showing the versatility of walnuts! I'm especially glad you showed a couple of meat alternative uses. 👏They are great at replacing ground meat instead of the super-processed vegan options you see in the store. Soaking the ground nuts will make them softer if they won't be cooked long enough to get the texture you want.

[@toni_go96]

I love this video. It's got the same banter and light-heartedness that was there 10 years ago. Also Jamie looks sooo dazed at 15:10 that dessert has got to be amazing

[@richardcoleman3425]

Now this is the Sorted Food I came on board for (and, as always, Barry - obviously)... No fancy out-of-my-price-range London restaurants, no over-priced kitchen gadgets, no poncy ingredients - Just honest appreciation of foodstuffs and how they can be incorporated into everyday cooking. Great work, Boys!

[@angelousmortis8041]

Yeah, it's wild to think of how much things have changed (for better and worse as with all things) with Sorted since the start. Like, I still think about/expect the old studio whenever I see a new Sorted video has been posted only to go "... Wait, they haven't been in that studio for like... A decade." The Pre-Beard Jamie Days. Also, I kinda miss Fridgecam. And Ovencam.

[@SortedFood]

Thanks so much for your comment..... we're so glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mvale7619]

I really wish Sorted did recipe pages in the description still - that walnut lasagna looks banging!

[@v.crowley]

If they posted their recipes in the description... They'd lose money from the app and they wouldn't do that XD

[@leapintothewild]

Google - lots of vegan and vegetarian recipes for it out there. I make a similar concoction as the base of a vegan ‘shepherds’ pie.

[@romy7408]

yess especially after they didnt really give a name to that one i think? i'd love to try and recreate it!

[@pjstrachman9003]

​@@leapintothewildooh that sounds delicious.

[@leapintothewild]

@@pjstrachman9003 Thx! It’s fast and easy: in a deep skillet or dutch oven, sauté mushrooms, walnuts and garlic with rosemary, adding veg broth if needed. Add frozen peas and carrots, drained chickpeas and lentils, more broth, salt, pepper, any seasonings you like - as well as tamari, Worcestershire or liquid aminos. Top with mashed potatoes, bake at 375 F for 30 min and broil for a few to get the top crunchy and brown. And heats up great for leftovers!

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

Walnuts are lovely! Especially love them in an apple pie sort of situation. Or with honey on top of yoghurt.

[@SortedFood]

YUM 😋

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodYESSIR 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@Lhene9]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about salsa di noci after the pesto reference! I make pesto every summer with my Genovese nonna's recipe, which uses walnuts instead of pine nuts. Salsa di noci is another traditional Ligurian sauce and is an excellent way to use up leftover walnuts from making pesto.

[@SortedFood]

That’s an excellent suggestion, thank you! We will have to take a look 😁

[@Michelle-1]

thank you for sharing! New to me (:

[@davidb1009]

I'd love to see yall do the same thing with pecans. Maybe a whole nut series like this.

[@synxsnacks1552]

Unless you’ve got $10k, good luck

[@giricredwolf]

I was thinking black walnut. Both pecans and black walnut are native to North America. Black walnuts are hard as heck to get into, though.

[@Jan96106]

I agree. But we all know how to use pecans in recipes, at least we do in the U.S. But they are my favorite nut.

[@teddymartinii1979]

Here in Texas, we use pecans in place of walnuts. They are native trees. When I was a kid in SE Texas, we never paid for pecans, I could gather a bucket full of them on a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood. Pecan tress grown here in North Texas, but not in the same abundance.

[@teddymartinii1979]

Ooops, never paid for pecans. KZbin won't let me edit my typos anymore.

[@LobsterEmbodiment]

Unless it's been done on the channel before can I suggest making something based around Oats? There's a lot of applications for them, though mostly used for the breakfast cereal, I think that would be a nice thing to explore.

[@takemetoglasgow09]

Talking about the diff kinds would be good too, because that’s what usually confuses me - rolled, quick, instant???

[@Superchick513]

@@takemetoglasgow09 The difference is pretty much just how they’re cut. Rolled oats (or slow cooking oats) are the oat grain with the husk removed, flattened. I think there’s some other basic processing there, they may be steamed as part of the process. Quick oats are the rolled oats cut smaller so they cook faster, instant are cut even smaller. It’s pretty much that simple, the smaller the grain is cut the faster it’ll absorb water and cook. Personally I prefer rolled oats because they have more texture. Then there’s steel cut oats, which are the hulled grain sorts chopped up rather than rolled. My family uses a ton of oats! We buy them in 25lb bags, and we go through that in a month and a half. Quick tip - if you want oat flour you can put some rolled oats in a blender or food processed and blend them up until they’ve turned to flour. You can leave them slightly rougher if you want to have a little texture or blend until they’re more smooth. Replacing some of the flour with oat flour in recipes like muffins can be delicious! Don’t replace all of it, it’ll taste very oaty, and oats don’t have enough gluten to hold together unless you’re following gluten free recipes, but oats are a very sweet grain with a higher fat content than most and so they add a delicious rich taste to things.

[@kathleenstrahm4291]

I love the vids that are sponsored by food groups like this. Feels like we’re being introduced to a food and a community of people who grow and manufacture the food. Greater awareness of where our food comes from ^^

[@mushu-the-cat]

i always use walnuts for my “pesto”. and since i heard ben saying it, i use watercress as well. i love it!

[@SortedFood]

Such a great combo 😋

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodAMEN TO THAT😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@janicegreve1883]

Walnuts & mushrooms go so well together. I make a mushroom & walnut roast instead of roast chicken sometimes.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Ben and Barry are a great duo! They have been slaying recently together! Lets go! 😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@NerdyMusicChef]

They’re the best of friends.

[@davidphelps5857]

They live together in their country cottage

[@dbest7]

Gonna need that Mushroom Walnut Lasagna recipe asap 🤤🤤🤤

[@tesro3414]

You don't need to travel allllll the way to California for walnut lore. Europe loves walnuts, especially the slavic countries. Here in Czech most birthday cakes are traditionaly based on a walnut sponge. Our Christmas cookies are 70% walnut based. And we love to put the sugary walnut paste into pastry almost as often as poppy seed mixture. Come to Prague, forget about trdelník which is no way traditional and buy a walnut "koláč" or poppy seed "buchta" in any store. You'll be delighted!

[@beth12svist]

From my personal Czech experience I would say they may not be _quite_ as widespread and beloved and it's more up to personal taste than you make it sound (our birthday cakes were usually just sponge without the walnuts, for example). But 100% on them being kind of everywhere. There was a walnut tree in the kindergarten garden. There was one growing next to the road in my previous place of residence and I got my fill of walnuts just from picking them from the ground as I went past to and from the bus stop. In my current job, every autumn / winter someone just casually has big boxes of walnuts drying by the heaters... Because they're not grown in orchards like that, there just are walnut trees everywhere, here and there. Someone in Europe not knowing how walnuts grow was a bit of a shock for me. 😮 (Also a big yes to the walnut filling being delicious.) P.S. Rooks love them, too. 😂

[@andreiandrei1939]

Near to you we got it in Hungarian cooking

[@lynnettesue6240]

Bill was an excellent host and explained everything about walnuts very well! I learned so much from him and you guys from this video! 😁

[@gouriel]

Yaasssss such an underrated ingredient! I love these videos where the use of an "obscure" or unknown ingredient is shown!

[@SortedFood]

So glad you enjoyed it! We find it super fascinating too 😁

[@fauxtaux]

!!! 20 minutes from my home, you were !!! It is a wonderfully rich agricultural region. I grew up on a cattle ranch near by and went on to work with local, organic produce. I hope you saw more of the area :) welcome!

[@arichiquabtd8092]

Just as I mentioned how much I love the barry and ben duo last time.. oh my goodness it continues! Jamie and Mike mindreading each other was a whole nother level as well! Genuine GOATs of the cooking channels :D

[@christopherlebel1241]

I grew up spending time In Clear Lake California on my grandparents walnut orchard. I helped with the harvest every year using a tractor and a rope too shake the trees and then we would all work to gather them. I loved this episode and it brought back so many fond memories. Thanks for this!

[@BotloB]

That lasagne dish looked sooo good. Walnut is very common in Hungary but I would have never even thought about using it that way. It is usually an ingredient in desserts here. We also put it in its green, unripe form into "pálinka" (similar to schnaps) to create a liquer with a characteristic bitter sidenote.

[@etienne8110]

Same in France, we macerate full green walnuts in wine to make "vin de noix" (walnut wine litterally) It a great bitter but woody liquor. Italians do the same with nocino (except it s in stronger alcohol than wine)

[@WTT_321]

More of these please!! I’d love to see what more underrated/uncommon ingredients can blow people’s minds. 🤔

[@ukebec1178]

I love walnuts and these are what are broadly called "English Walnuts" in my area. But my favorites are "Black Walnuts". The neighbors had a giant black walnut tree when I was a child. They're even more difficult to enjoy than the English variety because the shell is MUCH harder, but the seed itself has a richer and earthier taste that I prefer. Black walnut ice cream is delicious!

[@leapintothewild]

😂❤ Just left a long comment about the same thing!!

[@joshp8535]

​@@leapintothewildme, too. Grew up with a lot of black walnuts. Fucking things STINK until they are dried out and hulled. And the juice of that hull will stain stuff.

[@leapintothewild]

@@joshp8535 haha We saved the hulls on purpose for staining! Great natural color for wood projects, as well as cotton fabric. But yep, we kept a stash of old towels to lay them on in the cellar because that stuff is impossible to get out! Did uou know you can make ink out of the hulls too? It’s an ‘artisanal’ thing now, but my grandad knew how to do it from his old relatives, evidently was common in civil war times.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

THAT DESSERT WAS EVERYTHING! It is indeed decadent and delectable 🔥

[@arendjenabbe]

I like the fact that even though it was an #ad, it still was a really fun video

[@SortedFood]

So glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You're the best 😊❤😊😊❤😊❤😊❤

[@enriquehirshfeltikov2395]

I'm only 9 mins in but I also wanted to add, walnut shell is also used as a medium for gently "sandblasting" items. Quite a few operations and crafters use walnut shell for restoring delicate items.

[@marymaryquitecontrary9765]

I've worked at an Adventist hospital for the past 30yrs. They are famously vegetarian & do not serve meat in the employee cafeteria (patients can have meat). While I'm not vegetarian there are 2 dishes that when it's on the menu I'll get it. One is their Grilled Swiss Cheese, Spinach & Mushroom Sandwich on 7 grain bread, the second is their Walnut Meatballs with Mushroom Sauce on Brown Rice. I guess it's kind of like a vegetarian version of Swedish Meatballs... You do not miss the meat because it just tastes good.

[@azza4044]

Walnut shells are used in industrial component cleaning too.

[@lexica510]

For anyone not familiar with the area, the "warm" summer temperatures he mentioned are usually around 95F/35C. 🥵

[@jaspercandoit]

I was just about to google whether I can grow a walnut tree in the UK... I'm guessing not!

[@mikeuhlir562]

Walnut trees grow well in England. It his given rise to a species called the English Walnut

[@Juniper_Moana]

Warm summer temps here easily exceed 40 and frequently hit 43+. Worst part of living in Sac.

[@Meg_A_Byte]

I'm from central europe and my relatives have a big Walnut tree in their garden, we we're steadily supplied by walnuts so I take them for granted. It's been interesting to see how others can discover all of the uses and takes on it.

[@JWINDSOR]

My best friend is highly anaphylactic for all nuts and cross contaminates , she is also airborne allergic for peanuts, i cook for her regularly and would love to see you prepare a meal for someone with her level of allergy showing how hard it is especially considering that when going out she can basically only eat in MacDonald's and Weatherspoon's as they are the only "restaurants" that control their own supply chain.

[@Charliemonsteruk]

Ground walnuts absolutely make a Succotash. They are a great thickener for all kinds of soups and stews. They also make a pretty good nut butter.

[@plaitedlight]

As a Sacramento-ian and a walnut lover - this was a delight. The Sacramento/Central Valley of California grows lots of cool stuff. The Almond groves, and all the water consumption associated with them, are more known. But clearly! Walnuts are the superior nut! Culinarily I particularly enjoy their earthiness as a foil to mildly sweet things like pumpkin bread, oatmeal cookies but also the Muhammara is a good example. Walnut and mushroom are a great pairing to really lean into the earthy-savory aspect; try a walnut mushroom veg pate. As you touched on at the end, if your first thought of walnuts is their bitterness, it is likely you've had rancid walnuts. Store them in the freezer.

[@grantdaniel6648]

Never ever would I have thought I would ever hear one of the sorted food team say the “Sac Love” phrase and I was not disappointed. I just wish we could have seen more of their trip because of our vibrant food scene in sacramento and going up into the north valley.

[@alicemaggio8854]

I had no idea how a walnut grew; it is amazing. Thank you for giving us this lovely, informative video. I'm hoping there will be more like this. And, Kush, you did a wonderful job, simply beautiful.

[@NitrateDream]

I've never understood why walnuts are so underrated, they're so versatile compared to other nuts. Easily my favourite!

[@TheBlackEternalWings]

My family has a cookie recipe that uses raisins and walnuts that has been passed down for 100+ years, so I appreciate them every Christmas

[@SortedFood]

Wow, how wonderful! 😋

[@cazzioc]

Had a walnut tree in my childhood garden. They were so amazing freshly gathered and eaten. Walnuts are still one of my favourite nuts with Brazils.

[@BladeV8]

5:52 hope the lil fly on that onion had a nice time with the walnuts too 😂

[@mv4freedom96]

This brought back memories of my grandmother and great-grandmother. They had 3 walnut trees in the backyard and I loved harvest time. It was especially great to eat early walnuts, before they developed the paper shell over the nutmeat: you could peel the skin back and enjoy the slightly crunchy and tender walnut inside. I miss that.... very informative and fun video, as always.

[@goldenghostinc]

I love the walnut lasagna. I'm somehow not a big fan of traditional lasagna with tomato sauce / ragout and normally always go for a bechamel sauce and spinach and some other vegtables. Most definately going to try a mushroom / walnut mixture for it.

[@Larissa_KD]

This is so intriguing, as a vegetarian for over 13 years I use walnuts in so many dishes, it's absolutely my favourite nut, so diverse!

[@johnarnell4241]

Walnut flour (what's left after pressing for oil )is fantastic in bread and pastry. I can occasionally get it here in France in season

[@SortedFood]

Ooooh that sounds super interesting! Do you use it like normal flour?

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFood😊😊😊😊

[@johnarnell4241]

As a replacement for a part of the wheat flour in whatever you're cooking, they look like a used cat litter tray but get over that and it's fine@@SortedFood

[@RagnaN92]

I really enjoyed the chilled out nature of this video. Watching you guys eat is... strangely relaxing. All the dishes look sublime. Walnuts are so interesting, especially in the way they grow. I have a very old walnut tree where I live, which was planted around 100 years ago. I didn't realize how walnuts grew until I moved here. They're not native to Norway, where I'm from, so the tree rarely bares fruit which is edible. It's probably a bit too cold and wet for it here. The squirrels love the nuts, so I'm glad the ones that grow don't go to waste.

[@huehuetecti6115]

Something we do with walnuts in Slovenia is to use them to flavour moonshine. We use green unripe walnuts, add sugar and homemade moonshine over them and leave it to soak, like you would when making flavoured gins.

[@izuizabela6613]

Italians do exactly that and had trademark on their Nocino liqueur a long time ago.

[@Nixx0912]

It's also done in Poland.

[@mak3900]

When you know where your food is coming from and such amazingly explained things about it, you start appreciating the food you eat

[@markman278]

Only time I eat walnuts is in a German nut roll (make it every year for Christmas). If you haven’t tried you should definitely make it.

[@SortedFood]

That’s so much for the tasty suggestion 😋

[@vljYWOK]

crushed walnut shell is also one of my favorite sand blasting mediums. Its great for softer materials for corrosion removal.

[@Ktubhk]

This is insane. I used to work in a walnut improvement lab in Davis, California while I was an undergrad there. This is pretty crazy to watch

[@h-al9180]

loving the fly on the food at 5:52, how appetizing....

[@Nurr0]

05:52 - Ohhh dear a fly snuck onto that plate!

[@tobinbh3940]

My grandad was english.he would pickle walnuts and have them with cheese..incredible! I have made them a few times to remember him and they are my favourite English pickle

[@stewkulele]

I’m allergic to walnuts. Will I still watch the whole vid? Of course!

[@Halina0101]

Same here 🤷‍♀️🙀🤪

[@SortedFood]

Yay! That’s dedication for you!

[@kelleydawne5137]

Walnut oil is amazing in salad dressing! I use olive oil for the bulk of my vinaigrette and then add a small amount of walnut oil to add flavor. It pairs really well with a sweeter element like champagne vinegar or an ice wine syrup.

[@willfleming3857]

As someone with a nut allergy, it’s nice to live vicariously through you guys in this one 😂

[@leapintothewild]

But since they’re a seed… 🤔 Seriously, can you eat sunflower, pumpkin or sesame seeds? I’m on an elimination diet to determine food allergies, and can eat pumpkin and walnut seeds, but not pecans. Weird. But then, peanuts are legumes not nuts, too. Hmmm

[@DangerSquiggles]

@@leapintothewild Peanuts are both a legume and a nut, while pecans are not true nuts. Or rather, they are all nuts in a culinary sense, which I feel is way more relevant a classification.

[@Idiomatick]

You can have nuts once at least

[@firstname4337]

as shown in the video, they are seeds, not nuts

[@PassionPi]

They seem to be both nuts and seeds. From the USDA: “In botany terms, nuts are strictly a particular kind of dry fruit that has a single seed, a hard shell, and a protective husk. Chestnuts, hazelnuts, pecans and walnuts fit the true definition of a nut. Peanuts and almonds do not meet the botanical definition of a true nut.” We saw how walnuts grow and they’re definitely a single seed in a hard shell. Even in the video they keep calling it a nut after saying it’s the seed in a shell. I’m allergic to the nuts listed but not peanuts or almonds so this is a conversation I have pretty often lol

[@nickp8094]

I love the format of incorporating bite size clips of the trip within the video. In the past on one of these I'm sorry to say i would skip to the food part back in the studio to avoid 10 mins of watching someone talk about sustainable farming 😜 The perfect way to do it!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your videos are NUTS man! Just how i like them😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@1Clio]

We've got quite some walnut trees nearby, so have used them a lot. Pasta walnut pesto with mushrooms and maybe a courgette from the garden works like a charm.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Walnuts are Awesome! My favorite use of them is in a good nut butter, brownies and honey bars!🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@SortedFood]

Soooo good! Those honey bars sound like a treat too 😋

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodthey are!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SmoakArrow]

I love walnuts! Savory, sweet, snacking… walnuts were always a fun treat growing up but expensive. Now they’re more everyday and affordable so I almost always have a bag around. I’ll store them in the freezer going forward though. What a great tip to learn. This is why I love following this channel.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

I live here in California and greatly appreciate all the wonderful nuts that we can get, easily! Not cheap, as water is inexplicably expensive in this state. Hope you cover Cali pistachios one day!

[@iTheoryon]

It's not "inexplicably" expensive, it's very easy to explain. Between population growth and (primarily) companies expanding their water usage we're using waaaaaay more water than is normally available here. So it either has to be pumped from further away or pumped from deeper down. And if the usage continues at this rate we're going to run out of water sooner or later.

[@taylorprince7880]

5:51 love the fly crawling on the dish haha

[@IKronosI]

The fly at 2:50 also loved it! XD

[@dianachibulcutean2754]

Hello guys, great video, I enjoyed watching it. As a romanian I am more familiarised with walnuts in a dessert, basically 80% of all traditional romanian desserts use walnuts. We also are big fans of grounded walnuts mix with some kind of Jam, usually plum jam, and used as a cream for our cakes. Regarding preservation, we keep part of our walnuts in honey, it Last for years. Also, did you know that you can make jam form the outside green part? It's not bitter at all, just very sweet and nutty.

[@alexdavis5766]

As a vegan, nuts are used a lot in dishes, walnuts don’t feature a lot. But this of time they get used more for Christmassy dishes. Got to be honest, I don’t use them that much when cooking either. So this’ll be interesting

[@SortedFood]

Let us know what you think 😁

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodLOVE walnut! You guys are the Best 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexdavis5766]

@@SortedFoodreally liked the idea of them used in place of mince. Can imagine the texture would be really nice

[@Nurr0]

I can vouch for the chopped walnut used in the lasagne/tacos they mentioned, I've used it in vegan dishes and it's really good. You can taste the walnut so it wouldn't convince anyone who didn't like the flavour, but if you do it's great!

[@movingforwardLDTH]

@@Nurr0, any guidance you can provide for making the walnut taco mince? (I have a dear friend who is vegan and I want to broaden what I can serve her when she visits …. plus, I’m reducing my meat intake.)

[@loraleiffxi]

I do a rough ground of walnuts in a chopper, about the size of course sea salt, and add that to my chocolate chip cookies. It changes the texture and taste of the cookies to make them light and nutty, and super delicious! I also change the sugar amounts to use turbinado sugar and brown, to change the consistency of the cookies.

[@Bibi.V1]

My parents have a walnut tree in the garden, so lovely to have good nuts ever year for weeks on end. Also great tree to sit under in the summer :)

[@beckycaughel7557]

I love walnuts just for eating ,or in salads, brownies and cookies. But you showed several new uses for them thanks. At Christmas especially we go to tons of walnuts and yes, always store them in the freezer

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Costco walnuts, in the deep freeze! Yearlong happiness!

[@Un4tuner]

Guys, check Georgian cuisine! They use walnut a lot and it is stonking!!

[@jackybraun2705]

5:29

[@covertcuttlefish2023]

Crushed walnut shells often have industrial uses. I work on oil rigs and we use walnut shells to act as bearings to help the drill string move easier. They're also used in blasting, heck some tire companies are even making studded tires with wallnut shells.

[@rainydays9967]

Honestly, this is the perfect time of year for this video because cracking walnuts has always reminded me of the lead up to Christmas Edit - the fact that it’s called the Chandler walnut and we just lost Matthew Perry 😢

[@eveningblues8132]

Wow, you guys were within a half hours drive of where I live! I hope the locals were kind and you got to enjoy some more northern California food fare.

[@RoselSmidheda]

Me, allergic to nuts and peanuts: Hmm, I'm going to watch this video! 😂

[@Halina0101]

Same here 🤷‍♀️🙀🤪

[@SortedFood]

😂 hopefully you can still enjoy the vid!

[@Rebecca-dm5ul]

Love walnuts, I use them more in the fall and winter, though used the rest of the year. I typically ( like today) roast acorn squash with butter, smidge of brown suger and walnuts. It's delicious. Add it to stuffing, dressing and greens.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

6:45 It’s giving “Chocolates are made from a bean so it’s basically a salad.” Energy 😂

[@SortedFood]

Hahaha totally.

[@gloriouslyimperfect]

My aunt and uncle own a huge grove near where you guys were in Northern California - Ive learned to love them in all sorts of things! Have half my freezer full of them right now for my holiday cooking/baking - might give that lasagna a try! Looks delish

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I’m with Mike when I say Walnuts are not on my list of Top 5 nuts. However, I’m here with an open mind. #LoveSack Happy Sunday to SortedFood HQ and the Community!

[@SortedFood]

Let us know if we change your mind? 👀

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodYou guys certainly changed mine! And i love walnut!😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@SortedFoodI didn’t need convincing but I just don’t eat them often. I’m more of a cashew person.

[@gitelsarah]

I would like to know what his top 5 nuts are.

[@oscrito]

walnuts are so good for you - especially the brain! it’s also used for one of my favourite dessert dish in cantonese cuisine - walnut dessert soup 合桃糊. (there are many variations of a similar style dessert, eg sesame, cashews)

[@GIBBO4182]

Did anyone else see the title and think “bay leaf”? 😂

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

Yep. That’s where my mind went first. 😂

[@SamundraDarion]

0:10 Ben has his Clooney shining through.

[@Antioch18x]

Disappointed in the reply to the "sustainability" question. Walnuts take ~5 gallons of water per nut to grow and California has been going through droughts and they've pumped up so much water out of the aquifer that the ground has been collapsing in some areas. The walnut farms, and many other farms in Central CA, are not sustainable. This is well documented. If you look it up, you'll find out. Sadly, the reply to the question was just a repeat of what the CA Walnut association said, which is obviously extremely biased.

[@elizabethtucker6026]

I agree with this, but this is not a walnut crop issue, it's a California water issue. Eastern European and Persian sourced walnuts can be more sustainable. Some are, some aren't.

[@Adrian13rams]

From what i remember, walnut trees are actually quite aggressive. If you try to grow a different try around them, theyll still nutrients and put micro posions in the soil to help limit competition for resources. Fasinating trees honestly

[@SamUnreel]

I've been making Pesto Genovese for many years, but where I am (Colorado), Pine nuts are very expensive. Walnuts quickly became my inexpensive alternative, and low and behold I learn that I inadvertently use the OG recipe because I think walnuts are so amazing and put them in a lot of recipes. Thanks Sorted! I learned something new.

[@Anna_TravelsByRail]

Jamie logic is calling anything with vegetables in it salad. Is he wrong though? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@wrux]

The best walnuts are from Georgia & their use of them in cooking is amazing

[@inst4nce]

75% of content is now just a 15 minute #ad recently

[@jonjones659]

Walnuts is one of my favourite nuts, just behind cashew nuts. Love cracking them open coming up to chrimbo. I love how informative these programs are 👍👍👍

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys always make my day! Been feeling a little down today and this hideo cheered me up! You guys never fail to lift my spirits! Thanks!😊😊😊🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@maryedingershive2514]

There is a great family owned farm that makes sprouted walnuts that taste amazing. Tenderly Rooted. They also make cutting boards and other items from older trees that are not producing.