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
Pink-sided tree frog Pink-sided tree frog The pink-sided tree frog ("Agalychnis litodryas") is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Ecuador, Panama, and possibly Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. The frogs are an arboreal species of humid lowland forest. The single specimen in Panama was collected on a bush in a swamp. The holotype was found at night perched about one and a half meters above the ground in a bush at the edge of a swamp (Duellman and Trueb 1967). A gliding species,