On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:39:19 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:30:48 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:16:26 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:03:09 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:56:21 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:52:20 AM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> >>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:39:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> >>> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> >>> > > I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite nut of all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
>>> >>> > > There are however problems with cashew processing.
>>> >>> > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
>>> >>> > Pistachios, apparently. I've been eating them as a midafternoon snack for months. Prior to that I was
>>> >>> > rotating among pecans, walnuts, and pistachios, but I eventually switched to just pistacios.
>>> >>> I'll never buy roasted ones again.
>>> >>> https://www.target.com/p/wonderful-r...z/-/A-76544165
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Cindy Hamilton
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --Bryan
>>> >> I get Wonderful pistachios, roasted, salted, and without the shells.
>>> >
>>> > I just ordered 4# of hickory nuts in the shell. Now I need a piece of
>>> > granite (or an anvil) and a sledgehammer.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cindy Hamilton
>>> >
>>> > --Bryan
>>> Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that they crack
>>> the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to crack walnuts.
>>
>>It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12" Channel Lock,
>>but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
>>https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
>>
>>--Bryan
>
>That URL isn't working

Yes, it is.

>, however that tool is more accurately known as
>slip joint pliers... I can easily open those nuts with an ordinary
>nutcracker. Brazil nuts are more difficult to open without damaging
>the nut.

Or macadamia nuts.