Nuts and fruits are the basic source of human natural food in the field. In the moderate zone, fruits appear in mid -summer, and nuts in late summer and autumn. Most of the fruit growing in wild is difficult to store. Some of them can be removed, to prepare jams or other preparations from some. When collecting wild fruit or nuts, remember, that birds and mammals also eat them. This applies especially to nuts, from which animals make wrestling for the winter. Under no circumstances do you eat fruit and transparent or underwear nuts, because they can cause serious ailments.
Edible nuts
Nuts are a rich source of protein and fat. From some particularly rich fat, as, for example, from beech peanuts, You can obtain oil and use it later for cooking or frying. For this purpose, the nuts need to be cooked for a long time in the water on a slow fire, and then collect fat.
Nuts can be wiped out to the flour. They are easy to store. They are perfect as high -calorie provisions for the road.
Walnut (Juglansregia)
Grows in a moderate climate. This tree has a characteristic, tuberly bark. Nuts are surrounded by green, leathery coat, which sucks and bursts. Walnut seeds are a rich source of calories.
Hazelnut
This is the fruit of hazel fcorylusj, trees or a high shrub growing in moderate countries. This plant has ovate or round leaves, toothed, Ranker inflorescences collected in long brown -yellow cats. Nuts in deciduous covers have a churches of shell.
Pistachio (Tate)
Grows in Europe, Asia and Australia. Fruit seeds – pistachio nuts, You can eat raw or roasted.
Chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Grows in Mediterranean countries, has lanceolate leaves with serrated edges and fruits (nuts), called chestnuts, after 2-3 in a spherical bowl with spikes. You need to peel before eating chestnut, and then cook and beat, be bake over the fire.
Nuts of hazel variety, Orzesznik commonly found in moist areas throughout North America contain more fat than any other nuts, fruit or vegetables. Macadamia nuts from Australia are also suitable, although they are not too tasty and it's best to eat roasted.
Poisonous nuts
Always make sure before eating a nut, Isn't he poisonous, Using, for example, a taste test. In addition to poisonous nuts, which is relatively few, There are also such, which you can't eat raw. Always avoid eating nut or
moldy. If any nut has a sweet almond smell, Don't eat it, because it may contain strongly poisonous Prussian acid.
Cashew (Anacardium)
The nuts of this plant are poisonous, When we eat them raw. They are suitable for eating only after careful peeling and cooking. When cooking them, you have to be very careful, because the steam secreted from them can cause blindness. The kidney is growing in warm countries.
Chestnut (Aesculus)
Grows in a moderate zone, has big, long leaves, bright flowers in conical panicles developing from sticky buds. Some chestnut varieties can achieve 30 m in height. The seed bags are less spicy than the chestnut bags, and the seeds contained in them, Popularly called chestnuts, much larger than edible chestnuts.
Tonsil seeds (First almond), or almonds, although edible, They may contain Prussian acid and have a bitter taste. Acorns that are oak fruit (Quercus) They are also edible. Before eating, however, they must be soaked for several hours in cold water, and then roast on the fire, Then they will lose their bitter taste.
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