I know that you are gonna ask: can you really eat these stinky-smelling ginko nuts? The answer is YES!! And they are very tasty and nutritious. They actually taste like some chewy nuts.
We collected these ginko nuts from the streets last fall, and then we rinsed the surface to remove all the dusts and soil. After soaking the ginko seeds in warm water (see above), we removed the orange/yellowish pulp on the surface of the seeds by hand, boiled the nuts in water for 20 mins, and drained the water (see above). On the sifter, we got some shiny-looking seeds removed from the stinky pulp. They were not edible yet! This boiling step is just to soften the shells so that it's easier to get the meat out. Next, we spent a long time un-shelling the nuts... (probably used a full hour for all these ginko nuts). Finally, cooking time! We pan-fried the nuts first until they turned semi-transparent; After a while, we mixed in a bunch of vegetables and tofu on the frying-pan. And there we go -- a nice meal from street-foraging :) I only wish that it wouldn't take that long to process the nuts though ...
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