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IT’S NATIONAL WALNUT DAY - MAY 17TH. ALMONDS AND PEANUTS ARE MORE POPULAR! BUT......

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NATIONAL WALNUT DAY ACTIVITIES
Shell your own
Don’t you find that food tastes better when you’ve worked a bit for it? Buy some walnuts still in their shells, grab a nutcracker (or a hammer), and get going. Bonus: it doubles as a stress-relieving exercise!

Gift ‘em
Candied walnuts are an impressive gift that couldn’t be easier to make. In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter and sugar, and add any spices you want (we like cinnamon and ginger). Toss the walnuts in this mixture until they’re coated; then spread them out on some parchment paper to cool. Pack them into small jars, distribute among your friends, and pretend you're Martha Stewart.

Make a walnut cocktail
Nocino is an Italian liqueur made from unripe walnuts. It’s nutty, sweet, strong, and a bit spicy—in other words, it will warm you right up. The Italians drink it on its own as a digestif, but it also pairs very well with brown spirits. We think it’d be a great addition to a Manhattan.

5 REASONS WE'RE SORT OF NUTS ABOUT WALNUTS
Kitchen chameleons
These versatile nuts can be eaten raw or toasted, pickled or candied, added to a wide range of cereals, baked into pies, cakes, and cookies, tossed onto ice cream, used in pesto and other sauces, and processed into oils and nut butters.

More than just food
Ink still made today from walnut husks is said to have been used by Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt for writing and drawing; shells are crushed for use as landscape mulch; and the abrasive quality of ground walnut shells also makes them useful in cleaning products.

NATIONAL WALNUT DAY TIMELINE
2000 B.C.
The OG Walnuts
The first historical account of walnut cultivation dates back to Babylon.

1800s
English Walnut
European walnuts are shipped from England to North America where it becomes a popular tree.

1949
Nuts About Nuts
The Walnut Marketing Board creates National Walnut Day to celebrate and promote walnuts.

March 3, 1958
Best Resolution Ever
A Senate Resolution proposed by William F. Knowland leads to an official declaration from President Dwight D. Eisenhower, declaring National Walnut Day on May 17, 1958.

Wall-to-wall
Especially abundant in the U.S. and China, walnuts are also cultivated in Iran, Turkey, Mexico, Ukraine, Chile, England, Slovenia, and Romania.

Healing properties
Walnuts have been used to reduce inflammation, heal wounds, and freshen breath

Long-lasting
A walnut tree can live to be 250 years old
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