1989 White Westinghouse front load washer

[combo52]

Has anyone ever tried, cleaning, black walnuts?

Every year we get quite a few from the several trees around the property here but this year was a huge bumper crop. I’ve never seen so many you can’t even walk without sliding and tripping on them, so I was doing some research and trying to figure out how to clean them I figured the best way would be to use an old GE combination, washer dryer or something close and I have an extra 1989 white Westinghouse front load machine. It took it out to the driveway last weekend and cleaned hundreds of black walnuts. I hooked it up to the garden hose, which is on half price submeter water and went to town. I think I did nine loads in the machine.

Has anybody else ever harvested black walnuts? Do you age them or roast them or anything?

 

[ea56]

That’s a lot of Black Walnuts John, good for you harvesting them and cleaning them! I’ve never personally gotten walnuts with the shin still on, but I bet they are really good.

I believe that freshly harvested nuts in the shell should remain fresh for maybe 6 mo or longer if kept in a cool, dry place.

My Aunt Nadine lived in Mississippi and they had several Pecan trees. She used to send us fruitcake tins filled with shelled Pecans every Christmas and they were a real treat.

If you have more than you can use or give away you can shell them and keep them a year in the freezer in an airtight container.

Now bake something good or put them in a nice salad.

BTW,I like the ‘89 Westinghouse FL. We had an ‘87 model just like it for 7 trouble free years and sold it with the condo. It was one of the things the buyer particularly wanted left in the home at closing.

Eddie

 

[circlew]

My walnut tree also went crazy this year, after hardly any last season. I picked up about 30 a couple weeks ago before mowing, and the yard has way more now, and the tree still has some on it. I'll probably pick them up in the next few days, but not sure what I'll do with them all. A couple years ago I gave most to a friend, so probably will give him some of these.

 

[vacerator]

My sister's neighbors have a walnut tree that makes a mess of both front yards and driveway. We love them, but hubby is allergic to the black walnuts.

 

[neptunebob]

I have to wonder: Did the Westinghouse front loader back then cost about the same, adjusted for inflation, as a Speed Queen front loader today?

 

[ea56]

Bob,
We paid $995.00 + tax in Oct. ‘87 for a new ‘87 White-Westinghouse FL and the stacking gas dryer.

So since FL’s usually cost more than the matching dryer I’d guess that separately the washer was probably maybe $550 and the gas dryer was $445? Anyway, they worth every penny, best W/D set we ever owned .

Not sure what a SQ FL would have cost then, but I’m sure John would remember.

Eddie

 

[neptuneguy27]

Adjusted for inflation the White-Westinghouse washer, if purchased today, would cost approximately $2795.80 + tax. The Speed Queen FL is currently listed at $2449.00 MSRP. So the White-Westinghouse would be more expensive to purchase than a Speed Queen FL.

 

[cdub490]

Has anyone ever tried, cleaning, black walnuts?

Every year we get quite a few from the several trees around the property here but this year was a huge bumper crop. I’ve never seen so many you can’t even walk without sliding and tripping on them, so I was doing some research and trying to figure out how to clean them I figured the best way would be to use an old GE combination, washer dryer or something close and I have an extra 1989 white Westinghouse front load machine. It took it out to the driveway last weekend and cleaned hundreds of black walnuts. I hooked it up to the garden hose, which is on half price submeter water and went to town. I think I did nine loads in the machine.

Has anybody else ever harvested black walnuts? Do you age them or roast them or anything?

I have washed Turnip/collared greens in my washing machine in the past.

--Chris

 

[rinso]

I have to wonder: Did the Westinghouse front loader back then cost about the same, adjusted for inflation, as a Speed Queen front loader today?

My partner and I sold our home, with our Frigidaire 1-18 matched set, and moved to another city. The laundry area did not have enough room above the washer space to open the lid on a top loader, so we bought a White-Westinghouse front loader and matching dryer. Except for an anemic spin speed like a WP/KM it performed very well. But, about 4-years into its life, it started becoming a real rust bucket, even though we lived in one of the driest areas in the US. I compared it to an acquaintance of ours who had an older one made by Westinghouse. It had no rust, and upon closer inspection, one could tell it was made of porcelain instead of the powder coated epoxy that WW sprayed on ours.

 

[goatfarmer]

Lot's o' walnuts usually means a tough winter. Just say'in