Hickory Nut Brew - How to Make

[@enragedbutterfly]

I’m here because of Akiva’s appearance on The Survival Podcast. Great stuff! Thanks for the video!

[@dvk1895]

Just discovered a hickory tree on my property. Just an incredible tasting nut!

[@staceyhagen5081]

One more reason to look forward to fall. We have so many hickory nuts. What a great use for them. Thank you for sharing!

[@travisdavis1042]

Can’t wait to give this a try tonight.

[@peterellis4262]

Nice spoon!

[@carlacowling1789]

This is a very interesting idea. I've heard of doing this with acorns but not hickory nuts. When I was a kid we all used to sit around on the sidewalk and cracked open hickory nuts to eat.

[@lifepuzzler8004]

You guys are awesome, every video includes easter eggs of *other* barely mentioned ideas.... like the hot-table insert for pyrolysis.... brilliant! Great channel :)

[@edibleacres]

Thanks man, it's a lot of fun to share.

[@jameskniskern2261]

How did I miss this video!?! Anyway, I made a batch of this brew, and WOW! Love it. Made my second batch yesterday. Making another batch tomorrow. Picked up the rest of the hickory nuts we could find this afternoon!

[@edibleacres]

It's amazing. We haven't made any yet this season, so this is a great reminder to get to it!

[@doesntmatter7788]

I just finished my first batch of this and oh my goodness, it's so good I'll be making this all of the time! I can't wait for my kids to try it tomorrow. Thank you so much for this recipe!

[@michiganhay7844]

Yeah great video I make mine the same way

[@kaia41]

Oh Man....I'm in Europe, now I have to plant a Hickory tree...it's a pain in the butt to get a young seedling over here and its risky, because as all walnut-familiars they have encredible long tap roots. So they take about 2-3 years to recover the root until they actually start growing properly. And then...*timetravel* 15 Years onward, I can finally make this mouthwatering tea you showd me! Hopefully I'm not dead by then. :-))

[@edibleacres]

Make sure you plant a few of them!

[@kaia41]

@@edibleacres Well as I said...it's not that easy to purchase these over here. I have over 4k qm to plant and oak for coppicing and about 17 european walnuts already in it...recently they are more and more in danger because of that nasty walnutfruitfly, so I wanted to diversify and plant Pecan and Hickory..not so easy...You are a blessing to me. Found you a couple of days ago and since then i'm hinged :-) Thank you!

[@sdaniel123]

Nice! You can probably make Hickory tea mochi with that brew

[@edenelston7668]

I've been looking for a decent way to crack hickory nuts for years! I've seen people using rocks, hammers, and wood vices. Thanks for sharing the master nutcracker!

[@edibleacres]

Incredibly worthwhile investment, just be sure you try and order it directly from them: www.masternutcracker.com/ - A little more hassle but it supports a good family business directly.

[@howtowithhank4791]

Love the video's you guys have been putting out recently! keep it up!

[@ruthh2443]

I watched this just to see the face that belongs to the waving hand in all the other videos! 😊 Keep up the good work.

[@edibleacres]

My hand gets a lot more 'face time' on my videos than my face!

[@ruthh2443]

I like that you focus intently on your subject matter in your videos. Just this once though it was nice to see who you are.

[@oxbowfarm5803]

Very good video Sean. I'd read that this technique was used historically to extract the oil from hickory/butternut etc. but I haven't heard of just drinking it straight. Do you do this with the black walnuts? I've got plenty of BW, but no hickory here on the farm unfortunately.

[@edibleacres]

It sure makes it easier just to simmer for a long time and drink it, rather than trying to pull the oil off it. You end up with a tea that looks like melted butter is in it! Win! I haven't tried it with black walnuts, I have suspicions that it would be too tannin-y.

[@deima100]

Excellent Idea! I don't have the hickory nuts, but will try to brew with some butternuts; any reasons why it would not work? many thanks Sean

[@strategicprepper2648]

Just moved to a property and noticed the hickory nuts. Gonna try this. Is there any caffeine in it?

[@edibleacres]

No caffeine at all

[@Rytoast99]

Awesome video! My neighbor has a shell bark hickory. We have never harvested them though I should bring this up to them they are beer snobs

[@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

This is amazing!!! I had no idea we can make (delicious) tea from (hickory) nuts. I wonder, can we do that with walnuts? Thank you for sharing!

[@edibleacres]

We haven't tried with walnuts because I think the shell has a very large amount of tannins in them... We're hoping for a huge hickory crop this fall and fingers crossed we'll have a lot of tea to make this winter :). Be well Crina

[@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

@@edibleacres That's probably the case. Sadly, I don't think we have hickory nuts in Romania. I haven't encountered any, as far as I know, and I'm not sure how well they would do or if they're easy to find to plant. A project to keep in mind. Thank you! I hope you have lots of hickory nuts this coming season to enjoy. Take care, Sasha and Sean.🤗

[@VaughnMalecki]

Man I'd love to try that.

[@lwitt8448]

Lovely video, thank you.

[@aw5832]

I have thirty or so mature shagbark hickory trees and I've always wanted to use them as chicken feed. You mentioned giving one to your chickens, can they process the hard shell if they are crushed?

[@edibleacres]

I think so, but they can also try to pick at the bits in between!

[@aw5832]

@@edibleacres I'll give it a shot, thanks

[@Y_ruba_al]

you can use your shagbark and make hickory syrup out of it.........

[@techedfireman4981]

We met you 2 years ago at Akiva's Nut Festival. My son really loved this stuff. We couldn't make it this year, he was soo disappointed he really wanted some of this. The nuts start dropping in September?

[@edibleacres]

In our area it's later September / early October. Really worth checking them this season, hopefully we get a big year again!

[@hawghawg381]

Pecan flavored?

[@shayisrael6137]

can you use nuts that have worm holes in them? Seems like the trees around us have nuts that are infested with worm holes.

[@edibleacres]

YOu can always try and see... Sometimes holes in nuts don't mean a ruined nut, but often the nuts inside are molded / rotted / super dry. Those wouldn't make good tea at all. You can try cracking a few and see what the nut looks like and see if it makes sense to try. Good luck!

[@jennyguenther745]

Question: I have 2 big buckets of hickory nuts that have now some white mold on the bigger shell. Is there any way I can salvage them? Like soaking them in vinegar water, maybe?? We picked them dry from the ground. They had mud on them so we washed them in water and then sun dried them. Then store them in buckets. Now they have mold... :(

[@edibleacres]

Buckets are what are getting you... They HAVE to be able to breathe. Bring them out of the buckets, the moldiest return to nature, others can be scrubbed and cleaned and dried THOROUGHLY and then moved to onion bags or the like with good air flow. Lesson learned, if you collect nuts plan to dry well in fall and store with allowance for good breath and airflow...

[@jennyguenther745]

@@edibleacres Thank you so much for your reply! Much appreciated! :) I LOVE your tea recipe! Once the tea is ready, I store in the fridge and heat up what I need and add cream and sweetener. Sooooo delicious!! :)

[@thehumblefactory]

Have you ever tried it with bitternut hickory (sometimes called swamp hickory)? It's the only one that I've ever seen growing out here near Seattle, and when I tried the fresh nuts from one in New Jersey, I remember them being pretty gross (bitter. It does what it says on the box...) But I thought that maybe the long heat treatment might modify some of the bitter compounds? Or maybe they wouldn't be extracted by water? Any thoughts?

[@edibleacres]

We haven't tried that, but I have my doubts that bitternut would work with this... Hmmm, maybe try a small experiment and see?

[@WearySecret]

How does this differ from making a tea with the bark? Have you made syrup from the nuts as well? I wish I had a wood burning stove. I love the smell of the smoke. Why can't the perfume industry get a clue. Idk

[@edibleacres]

I haven't made tea from the bark, but I suspect it's quite different as this has an incredible amount of fat and protein from the nut meat itself. Really worthwhile stuff!

[@WearySecret]

@@edibleacres My friend has made the syrup. It's smokey and sweet and very delicious. I should probably start foraging now for both the bark and the nuts. Ty for the video!

[@adlapointe1]

I could smell the brew! Now I have to go crack some hickory nuts... haven't done the brew in a while.

[@blenderbenderguy]

You have any problem with shuckworms? I have several hickory trees but every last nut I've ever gathered has been wormy. I'm too squeamish to overlook them when I know every nut is infested.

[@edibleacres]

I haven't had that problem with worms, so I'm not sure how to offer advice. Is the situation such that wildlife can't access the nuts? I've seen orchards with chestnuts before where there is a huge fence and deer/turkeys can't come to eat the fallen chestnuts that aren't collected. In that space the nuts are loaded with worms. When wildlife can clean up whats fallen the worms seem to be much less of an issue...

[@blenderbenderguy]

Even nuts I pick off trees have at least one worm per nut. The Hickory Shuckworm, as I understand it, is from a moth that mosquito-like spears an egg into young fruit, where it develops into the worm, which of course survives by eating the nutmeat instead of me. I'm sure there are chemical methods to deal with the moth, but I won't go there just yet. Thanks for your input!

[@edibleacres]

I'd wonder what birds / other creatures enjoy eating the mosquito like being, or the worms when they emerge... Those would be the friends to create habitat / housing / food sources / protection for. Thats the angle I try to look at these problems from when I get things like this in my systems. Good luck!

[@blenderbenderguy]

Yep... that' my next project to figure out.

[@dreaminging]

Isn't it true that the hickory skin/fruit is slightly toxic??? is the black colour coming from residual skin? Are you sure this is safe?

[@edibleacres]

We've never heard of that or have had any issues at all, after many many years of enjoying it... I don't think the nuts and shells are toxic.

[@WarrenRCG]

I'm thirsty! Here's a stupid question, do hickory nuts come from hickory trees?

[@edibleacres]

They do!

[@harntheory5572]

Wow. I totally was not cognizant and then I recognized your voice from the other videos. Great to finally see you. But I SO thought you were blonde. ;-) You looked a lot like my friend Dan from Dancing Rabbit in my mind. Probably still will. I'm like that... just ask Steve Inskeep. Great video. Looks like only Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis) grows this far north. I am betting it won't make that nice tea you have there.

[@edibleacres]

Thanks I think? I'm going grey so maybe that will help me look more like Dan?

[@harntheory5572]

Nah! You're rockin' the Colin Farrell look. He trumps Dan every day of the week! ;-) I have this thing (don't we all?) where I picture someone based on their voice. I told Steve Inskeep he looks like David Brancaccio on the radio and he laughed out loud. And I told him Kai Ryssdal looks like Steve on the radio. And David, like Kai... my crazy NPR "TV" circle. I was at the WFYI 40th anniversary listening to Steve speak and every time someone would stand between us, I'd picture David up there talking. So, it may take me a while to transition in my mind to a dark Colin Farrell look-alike when I watch your stuff going forward. Just hard for me to see that swarthy character as the gentle and thorough teacher you are as you walk us through your amazing Permaculture world. I did have someone tell me once I looked like Sharon Stone, but I think she might have been stoned! Keep the wonderful videos coming. You're inspiring us all.

[@hemansr3893]

I wish I saw this video before the the snow came!!! :>)>

[@edibleacres]

Next year!

[@pattifoote1714]

Collect them if you can beat the squirrels to them! Will remember this, thank you😊☘️💚

[@lastOFtheBOHEMIANS]

Have you ever seen this done with pecans

[@freshlove7926]

Nice lifestyle

[@wilderfarmstead]

Here we go again! 2024

[@edibleacres]

Yay! Hickory season is a delight!