On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:32:27 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:31:00 AM UTC-10, 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
>I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel locks. Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers? My favorite trick is to hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a table. A smart guy would hold it so the walnut makes contact with the table instead of your fingers but I never did.

Channel locks and slip joints are very different tools... no such
animal as groove joint pliers. I usually crack walnuts by holding two
in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
cracks open.