Hi all,

thought I want to share this: After my sister in law told me that they
are much easier
to crack along the equators than along the poles (which I found is
true), I found that
when you get the occasional very hard to crack one (I got away from
using vise grips
and use a C-camp now), putting the handle down on the floor (you may
want to use
some layer of paper to not damage the floors) and pushing down on the
"C" of the
clamp will usually do it. You may have to turn it over and repeat.
Being one for
multi-use tools anyway, for me this most certainly beats all the high
priced and out of
stock macadamia nut crackers. As we probably still have a lot of
macadamia nuts
without buyers here on the Big Island, that's one way of cracking
them.

"Maren at google" jach.hawaii.edu> wrote in message
news:1203354300-sch@news.lava.net...

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:05:01 -0000, Maren at google
jach.hawaii.edu> wrote:

On Feb 19, 6:35 am, Andy <1...@2.3> wrote:

[just thought a tropic topic of macadamia nuts might be
appropriate]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Maren at google wrote:

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:35:06 -0000, Andy <1@2.3> wrote:

There is a special macadamia "cracker" available at local farm &
garden stores- at least in Kona . I think it is called a "Guillotine"
but I could be wrong because I haven't bought one in a long time.

It cracks a macadamia nut perfectly every time. It doesn't damage the
kernel and can take any size nut. It is about a foot long and cost
about $30. Makes it very easy to do

Just ask at your local garden shop.

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:50:01 -0000, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net>
wrote:

On Feb 20, 7:55 am, be...@smithfarms.com wrote:

In Hilo they only have them at Garden Exchange. And every time
I asked there they were out. I'll be in Keauhou in March some time.
If I remember I'll try to find one over on your side.

Alvin E. Toda wrote:

I've always used my good old-fashioned, lucky
rubber-slipper-toe-unshelled-mac-nut-holder:

Cut about a 3/4"-wide C-shaped strip of rubber from around the toe
edge of
a cheap (e.g., Locals) old rubber slipper. Bring the two ends of the
strip
together so that they form a sort of circle, and...