Apr 24, 2026, 12:54 AM

You get quite a few nuts out of these things, and I bet they store really well if you dry them out. I can see why Aboriginal people liked them so much.

There's a real range of sizes though, some of the D tier ones are actually F tier and don't have any nut in them. Might be an idea to do a float test, like you do for pumpkin seeds.

A view of a line of Bunya nuts, from super skinny on the left to chonky bois on the right.

The same line of nuts, but viewed from a low angle, so you can see the chonkiness. The ones on the right are about 2-3 cm across.

An S-tier nut chopped in half vs a D tier nut. The S-tier is full of nut meat, and you can see the start of a sprout, so it might be just starting to germinate. The D tier nut has nothing in it, it's hollow except for skin.