The name "hickory" is from pawcohiccora, the American Algonquian Indian word for the only food removed from pounded kernels steeped in boiling water. This sweet hickory milk was used in cooking corn cakes and hominy. Pioneers made a yellow dye from the inner bark. The nickname "Old Hickory" was given by the backwoods militia to General Andrew Jackson, (afterwards our seventh president) because he was "tough as hickory."
Early settlers used oil extracted from the nuts for oil lamps; they also believed it could cure rheumatism.
Bitternut
Mockernut
Pignut
Shagbark
Source: The Audubon Society Nature Guides EASTERN FORESTS ISBN 0-394-73126-3
The National Audubon Society, 700 Broadway, New York, New York 100003 (212) 832-3200
Also see: Old Hickory
Recipes for: Hickory Soup
Early settlers used oil extracted from the nuts for oil lamps; they also believed it could cure rheumatism.
Bitternut
Mockernut
Pignut
Shagbark
Source: The Audubon Society Nature Guides EASTERN FORESTS ISBN 0-394-73126-3
The National Audubon Society, 700 Broadway, New York, New York 100003 (212) 832-3200
Also see: Old Hickory
Recipes for: Hickory Soup
