Convince Me to Like Walnuts

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Can I just say how charming that Turkish English accent with an slight Irish tilt is?

"This is your best foot forward if you're a walnut" I love Leah she matches beryl perfectly! So fun to see her more on the show!

Note : Walnuts go rancid EXTREMELY QUICKLY. They can be stored longer in their shells in airtight containers, but from the moment you expose them to oxygen you have about 3 weeks to use them, less than that if it’s hot, even stored in airtight containers. Longer than that you have increasingly bad tasting walnuts (plus rancid oils are not great for your health). People have different sensitivity to the taste of rancid oils, but I am very sensitive to it and often the walnuts I find in industrial cakes taste a bit (or a lot!) bad. If you have deshelled walnuts the best is to store them in the fridge/freezer or vacuum sealed.

It can be difficult sometimes to try new foods. There's nothing wrong with being able to admit you don't love every food ever. My daughter has very particular food preferences. At 15, she's just now willing to try certain foods. And even when she doesn't like them, I tell her I'm proud that she's willing to try. It's lovely that you're able to try and poke fun at yourself a bit and to give yourself some grace

Fun little walnut fact: There's a famous hungarian dessert called Gundel crepes (or Gundel palacsinta) that'd make anyone love walnuts. Made famous by Gundel Károly more than 100 years ago, it has walnuts, raisins, orange peel, rum, cocoa, a whole lot of eggs and served flambéed. And although there are quite a few recipes for making it, the original recipe is still a secret, only known by people working in the Gundel restaurant.

It is an absolute CRIME that there are no Georgian dishes in this video. I hate walnuts, but I will die for walnuts in Georgian food.

"The evil coming out of the walnuts"...😂😂

Thank you Beryl for having me in this episode!!! I love that I could be a tiny part in your work that I hugely admire.

Coffee & Walnut Cake: the very best combination.

Why is no one addressing the most important thing about this video, which is Beryl’s haircut? Adorable!

I've always preferred pecans to walnuts when eaten whole, especially on their own, but I've never minded them when finely chopped (like in baklava) or roughly chopped and cooked/baked into something else. I've learned to appreciate them a lot more in the past year. One thing that has helped is storing them in the fridge.

Aww the Turkish woman in Ireland has such a lovely Irishness to her accent. Love it!

I love seeing people try new things, especially when they don't like an ingredient. Open-mindedness allows for new beautiful experiences (or lasting memories, at least!) Thanks for continuing this series! I think you missed anchovies though 😉

I remember growing up my mom would always make me eat soaked walnuts in the morning cause they were "good for my brain" and I never believed her and just thought it was some Iranian wives tale, turns out though that even Harvard vouches for Walnuts for brain health Thanks mom!

I don't hate walnuts but I do see your point Beryl. 😅

Im so happy you made this video! It brought back some amazing memories i have of picking, cracking, and scooping out walnuts from our tree with my Grandmother when i was a little girl. My gram passed in 2009 and i still miss her every day. She was one of the most amazing and caring women in my life.❤

Here in northern California, we are surrounded by walnut orchards and one trick we learned years ago was make sure all the 'skin' is removed from walnuts, because this is what can make walnuts taste 'dusty', bitter, or gritty. To do this I simply place in a jar with a lid and shake, which will remove any small bits of 'skin'. Have even soaked the amount of walnuts a recipe calls for in water for ten minutes. But WILL try boiling them now We make so MANY of the recipes from your channel and our family wants to make the Iranian Fesenjan dish! Sounds and looks amazing! Just ordered the Cortas Pomegranate Molasses.🙂 Thank you!

I made a version of the Turkish salad but didn't have walnuts and used pecans. It's an out if you like the salad but not the walnuts. I'm actually quite obsessed with this salad and make it every week.

Considering you liked the walnut soup but prefer sesame seeds to walnuts, there is also a popular variant of that dish using roasted sesame seeds as the soup base instead. I grew up with that version using black sesame and it's an amazing dessert.