Comments on: Yellow Ginko Leaves Fall On Shinjuku

By: Ginnan | New Port Me

Ginnan | New Port Me — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:23:00 +0000

[…] There are some great pictures of the Ginkgo trees in Tokyo here. […]

By: Jason Collin

Jason Collin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:20:43 +0000

That does sound like quite a long process to make the nuts edible! If I have a chance to eat some before I leave Japan, I will.

When I was in Chichibu last night quite a few people were out searching for the nuts, not even afraid of going into other people’s yards to get some!

By: Chris (i-cjw.com)

Chris (i-cjw.com) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:33:21 +0000

For something that smells so bad, ginko nuts are just great – a bit of salt, a jug of Asahi, nothing better.

There’s an art to preparing them. First of all, you’ve got to mash off most of the pulp in a big sieve. This is the worst bit. Then you get rid of the pulp that is left sticking to the nuts by grinding them in a tray of sand or gravel. Then stick the cleaned nuts into a hot pan and pop the shells like popcorn. Then you’ve got fresh, emerald green kernels, still warm and delicious.

By: Jason Collin

Jason Collin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:51:05 +0000

I guess for things like leaves on pavement, those old style brooms are pretty effective. They have gripping power. Modern brooms would have trouble sweeping the somewhat sticky leaves I think, and a rake would make that uncomfortable grinding noise when used on pavement.

No leaf blowers in Japan either.