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How to quickly open coconut and other nuts at home
We reveal the most useful life hacks!
It often happens that there are products in the house that are not so easy to crack or this process is very dreary. For example, how do you break up a coconut? Or easily open the macadamia … Let’s understand in detail and go through all the difficult nuts to peel.
How to break a coconut?
What people have not tried in their attempts to get to the juicy and aromatic pulp of coconut! A screwdriver, a hammer, and an awl were used … Even if a nut was broken, it was not without injuries.
How to deal with it correctly: take a heavy and durable knife and screwdriver. Disinfect the screwdriver with rubbing alcohol and use it to poke one of the holes in the coconut. Drain the milk to avoid losing it after breaking the nut.
Take the knife and with the blunt side, not the blade, hit the coconut several times. You should not hit the nut with all your strength, a few precise and strong blows are enough for the nut to slowly crack. And then with the same blows with the back of the knife on the shell, you can separate the pulp of the nut from the hard shell. Bon Appetit!
How to carefully peel hazelnuts from the shell?
Another tough nut to crack on our list is hazelnuts. Often, trying to get to the kernel, we crush the nut into small crumbs, but we would like to get whole specimens. Its shell is so strong that when the nut is smashed with a hammer or other heavy object, the nut either slips out or deteriorates externally.
Here are the top 5 hazelnut shelling tools: garlic press, nutcracker, meat hammer, gas wrench, and pliers. With the help of these devices, you can clean the nut without damaging its integrity and without arranging an apocalypse in the kitchen in the form of small scattered fragments.
How to peel pine nuts?
Small, in a dense shell, very healthy and tasty – such are they, pine nuts! The most desperate split them with their teeth. But we will tell you about other methods that are more gentle in relation to your teeth.
The first option is to soak the nuts in water and leave for 8 or more hours. After that, the shell will become as soft as the husk of the seeds. If you pour boiling water over the pine nuts, the shell softening process will be faster, and then after 10 minutes you can already enjoy the delicacy.
Method two: garlic press. With its help, it is easier than ever to get kernels. Another option is to use scissors and a toothpick. Use scissors to cut the nut into two parts, and remove the tasty contents with a toothpick.
Pliers are another option to get nuts. The only thing is that not every home has them. But using them is as easy as using the garlic press.
How to crack a macadamia nut?
Few have tried macadamia. And in vain! These are some of the most fragrant and expensive nuts with a pleasant vanilla smell and taste. However, it has such a strong and thick shell that getting the nut itself is not an easy task! In terms of strength, the shell is equal to that of concrete!
In the best case, the product is sold with a special key that opens the nut. But if the seller did not provide such a key, then the following methods will help. The first option is to purchase a nut cracker such as macadamia. This tool should have a hole in which the nut will fit. A couple of taps – and the macadamia is opened!
The second way: fix the nut with pliers and beat it with a hammer. Not everyone has these tools at home, but the option is effective!
Most often, slots are made on the nuts so that any buyer could open it even without a key. If there is such a slot, then you can open the macadamia with a kitchen knife, turning it into the slot. But do it carefully, you can get hurt! Or break a knife.
How do I peel pecans?
This nut also has a strong shell. Moreover, they are often sold, like macadamia, with cuts, splits. This is done for customers to make it easier for them to peel the nut. But at the same time, cracked nuts deteriorate much faster, so ask about the expiration date of the product.
You can use a nutcracker or nutcracker to crack a nut. It is important to be aware that shell particles will fly in all directions and make a mess. The second way is to open them with pliers or a hammer. But here there is a chance to damage the integrity of the nut itself if you overdo it and push hard on the instrument.
How to split a walnut so that the kernel remains intact?
Healthy, nutritious, loved – walnuts are frequent guests in our homes, and we are used to peeling them as best we can: with a hammer, pliers, knife. With the help of these tools we achieve our goals, but we often miss and hit our fingers, and the whole kitchen is in shell fragments.
Are there other options for peeling walnuts? There is! Place the nuts in a hot oven for a few minutes, then remove and lightly hit them with a hammer. They will crack and clean easily, keeping the core intact. You can also use a nutcracker – this is the most professional way to get edible contents. Experienced housewives offer this method: soak the nuts in warm water for half an hour, so the shell will soften and it will be easier to clean them.