I hate

I've eaten them, not made them.
Great addition to a christmas cheese board.

Pickled walnuts are superb.

pickled walnuts

My dad's ones were always too much, but sweeter ones - say with a balsamic based pickle - are good. F&M do excellent pickled walnuts, so maybe pick up a bottle of those first.

They sound terrible; anyone tried pickled walnuts?

They're a really old and traditional "delicacy". Dickens wrote about them. As with most things from Dickens' era, they are an acquired taste.

I used to fucking hate them as a kid but I love one or two with a ploughmans.

It is more recommended to make Nocino

@Skülly is the master of walnut pickling.

anyone tried pickled walnuts?

csb incomming. We used to have pickled walnuts regularly at home, I loved them. One day my mum used them as side to a slightly out of date quiche. The following day, I was as ill as I can ever remember being. I was probably sick 20+ times. Those were the last pickled walnuts I ate and that was over 20 years ago. Maybe it's time I faced my fears and tried some again.

Hey

You’re way too late, you pickle the drupes (fruit stage with no shell formed) not the nuts (now). Usually about late May-mid June.

They are an acquired taste, I really love them spread on oatcakes under sharp cheese, or blended into stew stock. I make mine with live cider vinegar, and add a drop raw after it’s all done to restart the culture in the jars (heating stops this).

The recipe I follow (barring the vinegar) is on Gabriel Hemery’s blog, he’s a sylvanophile. Takes about three weeks to process them before the actual pickling bit. I’ve made 15-20kg in the past, this year just a couple of jars.

Get in touch next year and I’ll give you some crucial pointers that may slip your mind between now and then.