DJS0302 wrote:
>>Have you ever tried to crack enough hickory nuts for a cake? I remember
>>as a child trying to crack them with a hammer. It was very
>>difficult-lots of work for very little product.
>
>
> I've never had a hickory nut cake before, but there's nothing like fudge or
> divinity made with hickory nuts. My grandparents had two hickory nut trees on
> their farm so there was always plenty. My uncle owns the farm now so we can
> still get hickory nuts as soon as they fall from the trees.

Apologies for coming in down here to reply to the OP, who was looking
for a source, IIRC, so go here for a start:

http://www.thenutfactory.com/kitchen...kory-nuts.html


jim