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What's your favorite nut?
Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 5:02:00 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote: >> 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? > > Obviously Harbor Freight does. > >>> 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. > > To crack hickory nuts that way you'd need to be Heracles. > >> Channel locks and slip joints are very different tools... > > Slip joints are the regular pliers. > >> no such animal as groove joint pliers. > > Channellock is a trade name. There are generic terms, and groove-joint is one of > them. They're also called tongue-and-groove and multi-groove. > > --Bryan > Hush that talk! Yoose gonna get Popeye excited. |
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