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Walnuts pack a flavor punch that can go sweet or savory

Benjamin Herrold
Dec 2, 2021
Dec 2, 2021

Black walnuts scoop — Wild black walnuts have a bold flavor and can be used in a variety of ways.
Photo courtesy Hammons Products Company

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In 1946, 75 years ago, Ralph Hammons owned a grocery store in the small southwest Missouri town of Stockton. He bought a cracking machine that year and starting buying wild black walnuts from residents who gathered the abundant crop each fall.

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