redirr wrote:
> thanks for the replies. i do cut a big X on one side ... although it
> seems to matter also how deep you cut them. if you don't cut deep
> enough, you don't get thru the inner skin. if you cut too deep, when
> you try to squeeze them to crack them open, they just split in half
> instead with the inner skin stuck on.
(snippage)
> point is, i don't think the big ol' X is enough in and of itself.
> again, i just wonder how they did it in taiwan ... i don't think they
> even put an X on the nuts, and they all just popped open easily.

Maybe they par-boiled them before roasting? I think I've heard of this.
And the X should be cut in the flat bottom part, not on the side.

Jill