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Thanks Skully. I’ve heard of pickling wet walnuts before but I don’t trust myself to do it well. Apparently the ‘nut’ is contained under the green husk and getting it out involves getting very messy with indelible black stuff - although I’m not 100% sure whether that’s just true for the ‘black’ walnut or the English walnut as well.
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Tonts
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Both types have the dyeing effect by the juice.
The husk may do that^ off the tree, but it seems unlikely.
The pickling of walnuts is before the fabled ‘wet walnut’ stage (my stepfather talks about having them as a kid n the 30s). It’s done before the shell starts to form, the green flesh is part of what’s eaten.
Skülly
Not really sure as the squirrels start to take them as soon as the shells start to form (I pick before that for pickling).
Guess I’d try leaving on a windowsill for a while. I think what you have right now is known as a ‘wet’ walnut.