SC - New pet peeve

[LrdRas@aol.com]

Hello!  I agree with your point, but for future reference, its easy to
crack walnuts without a nut cracker.  Simply place *two* nuts in your hand
<no giggling girls>, seams together & squeeze with both hands. One nut will
crack.

HTH,

Cindy Renfrow/Sincgiefu
renfrow at skylands.net
Author & Publisher of "Take a Thousand Eggs or More, A Collection of 15th
Century Recipes" and "A Sip Through Time, A Collection of Old Brewing
Recipes"
http://www.alcasoft.com/renfrow/

<snip>
I was first delighted and then greatly frustrated to find on the
>first course board - walnuts . . . in their shells. Without nut
>crackers.(new peeve) Maybe these manly fighter types can crack walnuts
>with their bare hands, but I can't. I did manage to open the first one by
>placing it under my boot heel and stepping down (while sitting down as
>not to attract attention), but the second one skittered across the floor.
>Fortunately, we had the lights off, and were eating by candle light, so
>no one noticed my lack of etiquette.
><sigh>
>
>Beatrix
>Oakheart/Calontir
>Springfield, MO
>
>


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