Nut crackers!

Clara · Post: # 88907Post **Clara** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:37 pm

I have a LOT of nuts, mainly walnuts. But the last nutcracker I bought died after 3 nuts (Spain - land of cheap and useless household goods

).

So can anyone recommend a nutcracker?

I donÂ´t mind paying for something that will last, in fact IÂ´d rather that than find myself using stones again (I know it is probably more effective, but IÂ´m fed up of the grit in my nutroast!)

TIA Clara x.

Annpan · Post: # 88922Post **Annpan** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:54 pm

Tea towel and hammer... the most effective nut-cracker I have ever used... sorry if that's not much help...

Green Rosie · Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:28 pm

I need a nutcracker too - MMM bought me a couple of bags of walnuts and so for I have had to resort to the handle of a large knife to get into them

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justskint · Post: # 89015Post **justskint** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:35 pm

I reckon ebay might be your best bet.

Jandra · Post: # 89025Post **Jandra** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:02 pm

I have a piece of a flat stone (about 10 inces) which I use as an anvil and I just hit the walnuts with a hammer. Works like a breeze; much more efficient than any commercial nut cracker type I've tried.

Ellendra · Post: # 89049Post **Ellendra** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:55 pm

There's some here: http://www.lehmans.com/index.jsp
Don't know if they ship overseas though.

Mainer in Exile · Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:04 pm

I like the looks of those Lehman's nutcrackers. And they look like something I can make. I just have to find some scrap metal around somewhere.

ina · Post: # 89118Post **ina** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:02 pm

I have one that's basically a wooden screw set into a fist sized wooden structure... You insert the nut and screw it down. Sorry if that's not very well explained. I've had it for 36 years now, and it's still going strong. Best present I ever got!

frozenthunderbolt · Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:24 am

ina wrote:I have one that's basically a wooden screw set into a fist sized wooden structure... You insert the nut and screw it down. Sorry if that's not very well explained. I've had it for 36 years now, and it's still going strong. Best present I ever got!

I know the one. they are slow but great and do everything up to and including macadaemia nuts. nigh on indistructable too.

Millymollymandy · Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:36 pm

Sorry Rosie!

I'm still using some ancient English nutcrackers - the French ones broke clean through the metal handle! They must have been made in Spain!

It's rare that I get a whole nut out rather than crushed pieces, though I have now learnt that the younger the walnut, the easier they are to crack. Which means that those that you buy in the shops must be at least 6 months old.