I get about a million hickory nuts on my property every fall. I had no idea this was even a thing. I know what I'm doing with my kids this fall now. Great video Anthony!
Im very familiar with the value of hickory nuts. Theyre still used somewhat today by some of the older Cherokee. But it is beginning to be a thing of the past. A tree stump is hollowed out and the hickory mm nuts are beaten, shells and all, into a type of mixture that can be formed into "kunuchi" balls for storage. For use the balls are dropped in boiling water then run through a cloth or sive to separate the shell bits. Its mixed with hominy, or in modern days, rice. A little salt, a little honey or sweetener and youve got yourself a first rate hot cereal. But I'll warn you, eat enough kunuchi it'll make you fat as a pig.
Thank you for that! I so wanted to discuss kunuchi in this video but decided to stick with how it was described through their eyes. Maybe this video will help one more person bring it all back to life and it won’t disappear from our cultures.
Although not known to be historical, hickory syrup can be produced by processing shagbark and other hickory barks. There are a few modern producers who sell several flavors. It is quite tasty and adds a true hickory flavor to foods. Falling Bark Farm in Berryville, VA is my local source.
My Grandpa told me about helping his grandma to make hickory nut oil. He also loved hickory nut sofkee. When he passed away, my great aunt made sofkee and I pounded up the hickory nuts and added them to it and put it in his casket.
Thank you for another great, enlightening video. Again, you are inspiring us to get out and try what you are demonstrating. The foodways with first person accounts are interesting, please keep them coming. Looking very forward to your next video.
Thank you my friend! As my creativity and mental space come back to normal I have another couple in the works. Looking forward to getting back after it again!
That was an amazing video my friend!! I can not wait to try this myself. I've had quite a few nut milks and I would love to add this to the list!! Thank you for sharing this gem with us, keep up the great content and glad to see you children enjoy they ways of old as well!!
If I was in that part of the United States, I would love to try that. I'm in Canada, and that doesn't grow in Alberta. This was a great episode. Cheers!
It was weird how quickly it became filling without much of a filler. I remember a documentary I saw one time from South America, where students were making some of the same dishes that South American indigenous people were making, but didn’t quite understand all the ingredients. The one thing they were missing was fat. The students were starving while thinking they were eating the exact same foods. That one missing ingredient was the difference between thriving and failing.
Just like ( almond milk ) ...lol u can't milk anything without nipples but I guess some would be offended if u kept it real and called what it is ...nut juice...
I get about a million hickory nuts on my property every fall. I had no idea this was even a thing. I know what I'm doing with my kids this fall now. Great video Anthony!
Thank you. It’s worth the time to show the kids something they can eat in their own yard!
What an interesting and informative video and thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@thedeerskindiary what a wonderful Expeirence to share with your Children, and pass on native/pioneer Cultural food traditions.
Im very familiar with the value of hickory nuts. Theyre still used somewhat today by some of the older Cherokee. But it is beginning to be a thing of the past. A tree stump is hollowed out and the hickory mm nuts are beaten, shells and all, into a type of mixture that can be formed into "kunuchi" balls for storage. For use the balls are dropped in boiling water then run through a cloth or sive to separate the shell bits. Its mixed with hominy, or in modern days, rice. A little salt, a little honey or sweetener and youve got yourself a first rate hot cereal. But I'll warn you, eat enough kunuchi it'll make you fat as a pig.
Thank you for that! I so wanted to discuss kunuchi in this video but decided to stick with how it was described through their eyes. Maybe this video will help one more person bring it all back to life and it won’t disappear from our cultures.
Although not known to be historical, hickory syrup can be produced by processing shagbark and other hickory barks. There are a few modern producers who sell several flavors. It is quite tasty and adds a true hickory flavor to foods. Falling Bark Farm in Berryville, VA is my local source.
I got some from Mt Vernon and it is delicious. It’s also expensive and I let the boys have some so I’m even broke-er lol.
My Grandpa told me about helping his grandma to make hickory nut oil. He also loved hickory nut sofkee. When he passed away, my great aunt made sofkee and I pounded up the hickory nuts and added them to it and put it in his casket.
That is very touching. Thank you so much for sharing that. Hickory nut sofkee sounds delicious.
Thank you for another great, enlightening video. Again, you are inspiring us to get out and try what you are demonstrating. The foodways with first person accounts are interesting, please keep them coming. Looking very forward to your next video.
I appreciate the kind words and the next one is underway! I may be a little louder than this one though….
Catching up on a few of your episodes … good stuff my friend.
Thank you my friend! As my creativity and mental space come back to normal I have another couple in the works. Looking forward to getting back after it again!
The best part of your videos is how your family gets involved.
It is for me. I hope they feel the same way.
what an interesting and informative video. I look forward to everyone you post, thank you .
Thank you so very much for the kind words.
I love your channel, greetings from Poland!
Greetings! And thank you for tuning in!
This was a great one! Wild to think how calorically dense hickory nuts are. Good to know if we ever run out of food in the woods!
We will just have to remember the old food processor.
That was an amazing video my friend!! I can not wait to try this myself. I've had quite a few nut milks and I would love to add this to the list!! Thank you for sharing this gem with us, keep up the great content and glad to see you children enjoy they ways of old as well!!
I hope you enjoy it when you try it out. Family makes this hobby even better.
Another great video about history from that time. I'm going to have to try this myself
I am going to try it in corn mush this morning.
Very interesting 👍
Glad you think so!
👏 👏very well dun sir 👏 👏 !!! Good to see yer children involved 👍
Thank you sir
Great video.😊 Hickory nuts are good. Thank you.
Glad you like them too
Great info! Wish we had some Shagbark hickories here. Most of what we have are pig nut hickory.. I may still give it a try.
It will work fine it will just have that woods twanginess to it.
Very interesting video
I appreciate your time
IIRC.... there was an account of hickory nut milk being used as a baby formula by an Indian mother....
I feel like I have read that somewhere also although didn’t recall it until you just said it. Thank you.
If I was in that part of the United States, I would love to try that. I'm in Canada, and that doesn't grow in Alberta. This was a great episode. Cheers!
I forget that hickory trees aren’t common. Here they are everywhere. You have birch trees and chaga so you have something we don’t!
Thanks for sharing. I’m going to have to try this. 😀👍✝️
Hope you enjoy!
Another informative video. The hickory milk you shared with us at Panther Creek was very good.
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s such a unique thing. I want to try it with more side dishes.
man i really want to try some hickory milk now
Me too
You won’t be disappointed I don’t believe.
Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing this information
Good evening and thank you for tuning in!
@@thedeerskindiary you are welcome brother and I also shared your videos with other black powder shooting groups
Good video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very interesting. Thats a lot of oil. I can see where it would pretty quickly cause a sasiation response.
It was weird how quickly it became filling without much of a filler. I remember a documentary I saw one time from South America, where students were making some of the same dishes that South American indigenous people were making, but didn’t quite understand all the ingredients. The one thing they were missing was fat. The students were starving while thinking they were eating the exact same foods. That one missing ingredient was the difference between thriving and failing.
How would you store it and how long will it keep?
I keep it in the fridge but not for more than a week.
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Just like ( almond milk ) ...lol u can't milk anything without nipples but I guess some would be offended if u kept it real and called what it is ...nut juice...
12 year old me had a lot of giggles with this one but in the end I decided that their (historical) words were the best ones for this one.
just call anything milk or waht ever ya want now days.
Maybe but that was the term they used then also so it fits well in the historical context I think.
what is hickory milk? not milk that is one thing for sure.