Best nut cracker

MJ · Post by MJ » Fri 11 Jan 2008 20:30

I bought a hand held nut cracker from nutsline.com and it wasn't that great. I bought Brazil nuts and it look forever to get the nuts out of shell and most of the time, I ended breaking the meat of the nut. I felt like I really had to work my grip strength and endurance to crack the nut.

So I ended up buying this nut cracker: http://islandgratitude.com/nutcracker.htm

It is awesome. It takes no strength to use it. The shell cracks really easy and meat of the nut comes out really easy in one piece. I was able to remove the shell and take meat of the nut out in a fraction of the time it took me using that handle held one. I highly recommend this nut cracker.

Post by **Oscar** » Mon 14 Jan 2008 12:09

Hehe, looks good.

Brazil nuts and macademia nuts require a special cracker, since their shell is harder to crack than that of most other nuts.

MJ · Post by MJ » Mon 14 Jan 2008 21:58

This cracker is so great that my 2 year old son can turn the lever to crack the nut. That's how little strength it takes!

Post by **Oscar** » Wed 16 Jan 2008 12:46

Wow.

Biev · Post by **Biev** » Fri 18 Jan 2008 23:20

Damn... that's almost my grocery budget for the week.

MJ · Post by MJ » Sat 19 Jan 2008 05:17

I just got macadamia nuts. These are great! My 2 and 3 year old can crack the shell open themselves and take the meat out. The meat of the nut comes out really easy in comparison to other nuts. My kids really like the cracking the nuts themselves.

Post by **Oscar** » Tue 22 Jan 2008 11:41

Hehe I bet...you probably have to be careful they don't shell all of the nuts in one go...