The art of choosing walnuts
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Walnuts seem easy to overlook — how special can a nut be? — but every fall I look forward to the new crop of walnuts.
Get them now, before the holidays, when the meat is sweet and slightly creamy and they haven’t had a chance to develop any rancidity.
The shells will be fragile enough to crack with your hands.
— Russ Parsons
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