Cooking Stack Exchange
Cooking Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [nuts]

137 questions
9
votes
7 answers

Cracking open a pistachio

Is there a special tool available just for cracking open pistachio nuts? I'm asking because as I have gotten older, I have developed severe arthritis and joint pains, making opening them with my fingers very painful. I've always loved pistachios and…
James Slagel
  • 417
  • 1
  • 8
  • 10
9
votes
7 answers

What's the best way to crack open a Brazil nut without breaking the nut?

How does one crack open a Brazil nut in order to get the whole nut? When I go to the store I can get entire nut meats. Unfortunately, with whole nuts, it's a pain. I've used the nutcracker longitudinally and horizontally and/or both, but the nut…
wdypdx22
  • 1,743
  • 2
  • 16
  • 20
8
votes
3 answers

Roughly chopping large batches of hard nuts

For my breakfast oatmeal, I use a variety of nuts. I tend to make large batches beforehand. My biggest issue with the way I do it now, is how to prepare large batches of hard nuts that I'd like to chop roughly. I have tried several methods: A…
Ivo Coumans
  • 183
  • 5
8
votes
2 answers

How can I quickly shell pine nuts?

I recently acquired about a pound of raw pine nuts. They were collected and are smaller on average than the pine nuts I can buy. They are a pain to shell. The shells don't come away easily and since they are small there is a lot of work to do for a…
Sobachatina
  • 47,517
  • 19
  • 160
  • 254
8
votes
5 answers

Larvae in pine nut container, safe to eat?

I bought prepackaged pine nuts and to my suprise, I found bugs in it. The expensive price of the pine nuts make me a bit hesitant to throw it out (about 6 euros for 90 grams ish). My question is, can i use pine nuts after washing? could it be…
tryst with freedom
  • 1,137
  • 1
  • 5
  • 21
7
votes
6 answers

How to shell macadamias without a special tool?

I know you can get tools like the Bonk and MackaWhacka specifically for shelling macadamias but I've very rarely had them handy when I've needed to do it. In the past I've sat macadamias in a little hole in the cement outside and smashed them with a…
nathanchere
  • 172
  • 1
  • 1
  • 6
6
votes
12 answers

Any suggestions for cracking "black walnuts"?

These nuts have a very tough outer shell, any tips on cracking them?
AttilaNYC
  • 7,566
  • 49
  • 96
  • 147
5
votes
1 answer

How do you eat this type of Gingko nut?

I've looked online but found no clear explanation... I had bought these Gingko nuts because I'm curious to try new flavors, but could never find how to eat them An article online said that the outside shell could be poisonous, so I ended up getting…
MicroMachine
  • 269
  • 3
  • 9
4
votes
1 answer

How to easily peel fresh walnuts?

Due to allergies the thin skin on the walnut itself needs to be removed. The walnuts itself are not dried yet and it is possible to remove it by hand in a time consuming effort. Is there an easy way to do that? Bonus if that method works as well on…
Zibelas
  • 241
  • 2
  • 4
4
votes
3 answers

Why are my hazelnuts/filberts bitter?

I live in the Mid-Atlantic area and have terrible luck buying raw hazelnuts/filberts in the store. They are often bitter and/or old-tasting, very expensive, and you'd never want to eat them raw. Last fall, my dad shared some hazelnuts a West…
user21127
  • 41
  • 1
  • 1
  • 3
3
votes
1 answer

How do I brown nuts without burning and without taking forever?

Whenever I roast nuts (walnuts, sesame, ...) to add to dishes, I either choose a very low oven temperature and then it takes far too long, or I use a very high temperature and I struggle to get them just golden, without getting any higher notes of…
Calaf
  • 677
  • 2
  • 9
  • 19
3
votes
1 answer

How do you reflavor nuts?

how do you replace a flavor on nuts? i did not see the label and bought some cashews that are spicy by mistake. Can the flavor be washed off and replaced?
user39408
  • 31
  • 1
3
votes
1 answer

Which nuts can be cracked without tools?

I sometimes find myself wanting to eat whole nuts in situations where I have no access to a nutcracker, whether because I'm at work or traveling or otherwise not in a place where I might be expected to keep a nutcracker on hand. I've had good luck…
Evan Johnson
  • 183
  • 1
  • 2
  • 6
2
votes
1 answer

How to crack several types of nuts in one batch?

I have a big bag of mixed nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts) in their shells that I want to crack open to enjoy later. I have tried to look up how to crack individual types of these nuts but they are all different. Can I just dump all…
Lucas Alanis
  • 246
  • 1
  • 4
  • 10
1
vote
1 answer

Macadamia nuts in Malaysian cooking

I've seen that macadamia nuts can be used as a substitute for candlenuts in Malaysian cooking. Is it a 1:1 substitution or do you need more macadamias. I'm not familiar with candlenuts, but pictures suggest they are larger than macadamias.
rmis32
  • 11
  • 2
1
2