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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

I know some folks use a C-clamp, and I suppose a large enough one would crack anything.  I’ve used that and even a metal vise to crack difficult nuts.  The nuts are places with the ends against the metal parts, then a turn of the handle.  The C clamp can be held easily over a bowl, and the shape of the screw-end holds the nut lengthwise more easily than a vise does; but the vise was satisfying overkill. 

 

I know people market some formidable nutcrackers, and I wait to possibly hear some reviews.  Should you go low-tech, the C-clamp is cheap and multifunctional.  Who knows, you could sneak a nut into the hardware store and find the right size for the job.  You might run the risk of someone seeing the shells on the floor, pointing and saying “Your nuts!”…

 

Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.

USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8,

Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of R. Keith Etheridge
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 6:52 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] cracking butternut

 

Several years ago, I bought a grafted butternut from Starks.I got 2 nuts for the first time and my black walnut cracker

can't crack them.Any suggestions.

Keith