"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
>>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
>>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines
>>of
>>my fork narrow down at the end.
>
> Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
> off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
> plastic disposable fork.
>
>>So I ordered this tool:
>>
>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>
>>We'll see.
>
> I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
> patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
> drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
> stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
> backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
> docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
> plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
> should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
> baking... and file/grind the points off.
> You can easily find SS nails.
> http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
> Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
> nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
> split the wood.
> Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
> numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_and_pony_show

I am not fond of nails after stepping on one! I am also not good with
tools such as saws. You would think they would make such a device for
crackers made at home! I wasn't sure if the tool I ordered would work or
not. I have seen people poking individual holes with a piece of spaghetti
or a skewer but that seems like it would take a long time. The fork holes
were kind of random too. Just apparently not big enough. Some of the
crackers were crisp but others were a little chewy, especially in the
middle. I'll still eat them but I would prefer better quality control.