On 2018-03-26 3:13 PM, songbird wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...
>> For many things I prefer walnuts, but only pecans will do insome
>> recipes.
>>
>> Earlier this year I made both a black walnut cake and a black walnut
>> pie. Maybe it's just where I live, but the black walnuts were even
>> more expensive than pecans.
>
> black walnuts are so different than regular
> walnuts. i much prefer them in certain cookies.
> i've never used them for anything else like a
> pie or a cake.
>
> considering how much work it takes to get them
> out of the shell i can see why it would be expensive.
> plus when i was doing it the nuts weren't the best
> quality so i had to taste a little of each one
> before i bothered to finish shelling the whole
> thing out.
>
> hours of work and smashed my fingers a few times
> with the hammer. i'll gladly pay someone else to
> do it instead. Mom said that as a kid she had to
> do it and they used a vice. we don't have anything
> that fancy here.
>
>
> songbird
>
Use a visegrip. Works like a charm!