butternut bread pudding - Gardening Tips
We are officially in the middle of soup season. Executive Chef David Wells from EVO Public House joins us in the Kirby And Holloway Kitchen to make butternut squash soup and bread pudding. Butternut's range includes the rocky soils of New England where black walnut is largely absent.
Understanding the Context
Butternut is found most frequently in coves, on stream benches and terraces, on slopes, in the talus of rock ledges, and on other sites with good drainage. Butternut (Juglans cinerea) is a species of walnut tree that is native to the eastern United States and Canada. And the nuts that grow on these wild trees are easy to process and delicious to eat. Butternut, deciduous nut-producing tree of the walnut family (Juglandaceae), native to eastern North America.
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The tree is economically important locally for its edible nuts and for a yellow or orange dye obtained from the fruit husks. Butternuts are nuts in the Juglans genus, which also includes walnuts. The nuts strongly resemble walnuts, growing in sticky strongly scented pods which split open to reveal a knobbled husk with a shell inside. The butternut (Juglans cinerea), also known as white walnut, is a native North American tree closely related to the black walnut (Juglans nigra). Butternut trees are generally smaller, reaching 40–60 feet tall, with lighter, smoother gray bark that develops flat-topped ridges as it matures.
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Butternut (Juglans cinerea), also called white walnut or oilnut, grows rapidly on well-drained soils of hillsides and streambanks in mixed hardwood forests. This small to medium-sized tree is short lived, seldom reaching the age of 75. Butternut is more valued for its nuts than for lumber. A North American native, the butternut (also known as white walnut) is one of the hardiest nut trees. The late October harvest of rich, buttery-flavored nuts are popular for baking, confections and fresh eating.