Pickled walnuts used in recipes, commonly cooked in beef dishes. Pickled walnuts are made from the fruit of both common walnut tree varieties: "Juglans regia", the Persian, royal, English or common walnut, and "Juglans nigra", the black or American walnut. The first stage is to pick the walnuts whilst they are still green and before the shells have set. Most recipes say that late June is about the best time to pick them. The soft walnuts are then soaked in brine (salt water) for at least ten days. The walnuts are then drained and left to dry in the air. Soaking the
Fruit Tree (box set) Fruit Tree (box set) Fruit Tree is a box set by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It exists in several versions, all of which feature his three studio albums, plus additional material. There are now three distinct releases of "Fruit Tree". The 1979 release consisted of a box set of three LPs with new artwork. The first two were as listed below. The third was "Pink Moon", track listing as below plus the last four songs of what later (1986 release) became "Time of No Reply". This version was released on Island Records. The 1986 release was a 4 LP/CD release,