The bunya nuts have been boiled and about 2/3 dehusked, roasted and ground. I now have a 2 litre ice-cream container almost full of bunya nuts ground to a similar consistency to almond meal. This will be stored in the freezer until I use it.
The other 1/3 of the nuts did not get dehusked as it was a very tough assignment for my hands and I actually ended up with a huge blood blister on one thumb. So for the time being the rest are in a bag in the freezer.
It was really satisfying to see the container of finely crushed nuts that I had created completely from picking up the pine cones.
The other 1/3 of the nuts did not get dehusked as it was a very tough assignment for my hands and I actually ended up with a huge blood blister on one thumb. So for the time being the rest are in a bag in the freezer.
It was really satisfying to see the container of finely crushed nuts that I had created completely from picking up the pine cones.
2 comments:
Anonymous said...
We have bunya pines in our local area but I never knew thay could be harvested. You are very resourceful Fairy. It's been long know to never park under a bunya as folks have returned to their cars to find the roof of the car caved in with a bunya cone sitting on it. Every now and then the council go around and remove the cones. i like the way your sdealing wiht them. I'll be interested to hear what you make.
Possum.
Anonymous said...
Wow Fairy this is so interesting. I will have to show DH..had heard of bunya nuts but had no idea where they came from. Did you receive email with shirt photo? Not always sure if I have the screen names matched with the right people!!
Barb
PS Also amazed with the rubbish.