raw or salted macadamia nuts

"Jen" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I was just wondering, do macadamia nuts need to be cooked before you
eat them? I was going to make macadamia shortbread, but I could only
find raw ones, or salted cooked ones in our local shops. What's the
difference? any ideas?

They don't need to be cooked, and taste fine raw. For shortbread or other
biscuits, though, I've always roasted them first (I've rarely been able to
find them roasted but unsalted). Easy enough to do. Just throw them on a
baking tray, and pop in the oven at around 120C. Keep an eye on them,
though. They don't take very long at all (10 or so minutes), and you don't
want them to burn.

You could make the shortbread with raw, but I think the roasted would taste
better.
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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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You could make the shortbread with raw, but I think the roasted would
taste
better.

Thanks heaps

Jen

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Quoted message said:

I was just wondering, do macadamia nuts need to be cooked before you eat
them? I was going to make macadamia shortbread, but I could only find raw
ones, or salted cooked ones in our local shops. What's the difference? any
ideas?

Jen

I find if I eat too many raw ones I get that 'ball of lead in the gut' feeling.
But that's my ageing digestive tract, more likely than not.

They taste better roasted in any event. You have to be very careful and gentle
roasting them, they burn awfully easily. Roasting them in the shell is very
much like playing lotto: gotta be extremely lucky to get it just right.

-P.

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Jen said:

I was just wondering, do macadamia nuts need to be cooked before you eat
them? I was going to make macadamia shortbread, but I could only find raw
ones, or salted cooked ones in our local shops. What's the difference? any
ideas?

Many years ago some friends had been in Hawaii and brought me back of Macadamia
nuts in the shell. I never did discover the secret of cracking those things
open. Nutcrackers didn't work on it. A hammer smashed them into little pieces.

Dave Smith said:

Jen said:

I was just wondering, do macadamia nuts need to be cooked before

you eat

Quoted message said:

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them? I was going to make macadamia shortbread, but I could only

find raw

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ones, or salted cooked ones in our local shops. What's the

difference? any

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ideas?

Many years ago some friends had been in Hawaii and brought me back of

Macadamia

Quoted message said:

nuts in the shell. I never did discover the secret of cracking those

things

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open. Nutcrackers didn't work on it. A hammer smashed them into

little pieces.

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We grow macadamias. According to the literature, a macadamia nut
shell is the hardest nut to crack, but wild pigs can do it! We have
trouble with growing them as the herd of wild pigs who live just above
us in the rain forest, come down nightly and crunch those nuts. The
*crack* is so loud like a concussion, it wakes me up🙁. The pigs are
also ruining our farm by snuffling the ground up every where so we are
giving up most of our macadamias in the hopes those nasty pigs will go
elsewhere. Luckily my brother in law can grow them, on another part of
the island, with out too much trouble.

BTW there are Macadamia nut crackers sold locally that open those nuts
up quickly, but you'd have to come to Kona to get one.

aloha,
Thunder
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff

smithfarms pure kona said:

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:35:27 -0500, Dave Smith

Quoted message said:

Many years ago some friends had been in Hawaii and brought me back of

Macadamia

Quoted message said:

nuts in the shell. I never did discover the secret of cracking those

things

Quoted message said:

open. Nutcrackers didn't work on it. A hammer smashed them into

little pieces.

Quoted message said:

We grow macadamias. According to the literature, a macadamia nut
shell is the hardest nut to crack, but wild pigs can do it! We have
trouble with growing them as the herd of wild pigs who live just above
us in the rain forest, come down nightly and crunch those nuts. The
*crack* is so loud like a concussion, it wakes me up🙁. The pigs are
also ruining our farm by snuffling the ground up every where so we are
giving up most of our macadamias in the hopes those nasty pigs will go
elsewhere. Luckily my brother in law can grow them, on another part of
the island, with out too much trouble.

Sorry to hear your woes about the wild pigs... they can be a big
problem everywhere.

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BTW there are Macadamia nut crackers sold locally that open those nuts
up quickly, but you'd have to come to Kona to get one.

You're good for the tourist industry, but the OP can order one by mail
http://www.macnuts.org/Catpage.htm
http://www.ochef.com/177.htm
http://www.kitchenfantasy.com/macadamia_nut_cracker.htm

🙂
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smithfarms pure kona <[email hidden]> wrote in
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BTW there are Macadamia nut crackers sold locally that open those nuts
up quickly, but you'd have to come to Kona to get one.

Or Australia <g>

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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:24:45 -0800, sf <[email hidden]>

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smithfarms pure kona said:

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:35:27 -0500, Dave Smith

Quoted message said:

Many years ago some friends had been in Hawaii and brought me

back of

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Macadamia

Quoted message said:

nuts in the shell. I never did discover the secret of cracking

those

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

things

Quoted message said:

open. Nutcrackers didn't work on it. A hammer smashed them into

little pieces.

Quoted message said:

We grow macadamias. According to the literature, a macadamia nut
shell is the hardest nut to crack, but wild pigs can do it! We

have

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

trouble with growing them as the herd of wild pigs who live just

above

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

us in the rain forest, come down nightly and crunch those nuts.

The

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

*crack* is so loud like a concussion, it wakes me up🙁. The pigs

are

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

also ruining our farm by snuffling the ground up every where so we

are

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

giving up most of our macadamias in the hopes those nasty pigs

will go

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

elsewhere. Luckily my brother in law can grow them, on another

part of

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the island, with out too much trouble.

Sorry to hear your woes about the wild pigs... they can be a big
problem everywhere.

Quoted message said:

BTW there are Macadamia nut crackers sold locally that open those

nuts

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

up quickly, but you'd have to come to Kona to get one.

You're good for the tourist industry, but the OP can order one by

mail

Quoted message said:

http://www.macnuts.org/Catpage.htm
http://www.ochef.com/177.htm
http://www.kitchenfantasy.com/macadamia_nut_cracker.htm

🙂

the Ultimate cracker is what we have🙂. Sorry you don't have to come
here.

aloha,
Thunder
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

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We grow macadamias. According to the literature, a macadamia nut
shell is the hardest nut to crack, but wild pigs can do it!

I have a small orchard as well (just over 300 trees). While the wild pigs don't
get to them, my border collie has developed a liking and he will crack the nuts
between his teeth. :-)

For ourselves we either get them commercially cracked, or we use the stoneage
method: fist sized flat stone on a flat hard surface (concrete stairs). Faster
than anything hammer or vice or chisel based - once you learn the exact weight
of the blow required ...

-P.

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"Dave Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Jen said:

I was just wondering, do macadamia nuts need to be cooked before you eat
them? I was going to make macadamia shortbread, but I could only find
raw
ones, or salted cooked ones in our local shops. What's the difference?
any
ideas?

Many years ago some friends had been in Hawaii and brought me back of
Macadamia
nuts in the shell. I never did discover the secret of cracking those
things
open. Nutcrackers didn't work on it. A hammer smashed them into little
pieces.

I don't have the problem with cracking them. I can buy them shelled. I
don't think I've ever seen them with the shells actually.

Jen

Peter Huebner said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

[email hidden]

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says...

Quoted message said:

We grow macadamias. According to the literature, a macadamia nut
shell is the hardest nut to crack, but wild pigs can do it!

I have a small orchard as well (just over 300 trees). While the wild

pigs don't

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get to them, my border collie has developed a liking and he will

crack the nuts

Quoted message said:

between his teeth. :-)

snipped.....
Hahaha, our Border Collie also likes to get macadamias and crack them.
I did have another dog several years ago, who got a Macadamia lodged
in his intestine and it was about $300 to have it operated on and
removed. So when I see Mollie with a macadamia which she loves!, I
try to get it and distract her with something else. We wish she was
brave enough to go and chase the pigs🙂. Our vet said he knows of one
Border Collie that does but these are mean pigs. One gored a
neighbor's dog, so maybe Mollie knows more. Our 8 year old totally
deaf Brittany is the only one who barks at the pigs🙂.

aloha
Thunder
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff

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smithfarms pure kona <[email hidden]> wrote:
(snippage)

Quoted message said:

BTW there are Macadamia nut crackers sold locally that open those nuts
up quickly, but you'd have to come to Kona to get one.

aloha,
Thunder

Are you sure, Thunder? :-)
http://www.macnuts.org/
http://tinyurl.com/9z46m
http://tinyurl.com/dsc7v
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

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Our vet said he knows of one
Border Collie that does but these are mean pigs. One gored a
neighbor's dog, so maybe Mollie knows more. Our 8 year old totally
deaf Brittany is the only one who barks at the pigs🙂.

aloha
Thunder
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff

Well, once your Brittany barks at them, you shouldn't have much trouble getting
the artillery out and feasting on wild pig ?!? Wild boar in a sauce made with
cranberries and slivered roasted macadamia nuts ...

The sire of my macadamia cracking collie was dynamite on wild pigs. He's still
with us but 14y.o. now, getting slow and his sight is fading.

-P.

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Our vet said he knows of one
Border Collie that does but these are mean pigs. One gored a
neighbor's dog, so maybe Mollie knows more. Our 8 year old totally
deaf Brittany is the only one who barks at the pigs🙂.

aloha
Thunder
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff

Well, once your Brittany barks at them, you shouldn't have much trouble getting
the artillery out and feasting on wild pig ?!? Wild boar in a sauce made with
cranberries and slivered roasted macadamia nuts ...

The sire of my macadamia cracking collie was dynamite on wild pigs. He's still
with us but 14y.o. now, getting slow and his sight is fading.

-P.

--
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firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com

"Jen" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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"Dave Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Many years ago some friends had been in Hawaii and brought me back of
Macadamia
nuts in the shell. I never did discover the secret of cracking those
things
open. Nutcrackers didn't work on it. A hammer smashed them into
little pieces.

I don't have the problem with cracking them. I can buy them shelled.
I don't think I've ever seen them with the shells actually.

I've mainly seen them in the shell at Christmas time - in those bags of
mixed nuts in the shell that always appear in the shops at that time.We
have a macadamia cracker - it's like a little press - you put the
macadamia in and screw down the top till the shell cracks. It's not a
quick process, but you don't have shells flying everywhere.

--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

"Jen" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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"Dave Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Many years ago some friends had been in Hawaii and brought me back of
Macadamia
nuts in the shell. I never did discover the secret of cracking those
things
open. Nutcrackers didn't work on it. A hammer smashed them into
little pieces.

I don't have the problem with cracking them. I can buy them shelled.
I don't think I've ever seen them with the shells actually.

I've mainly seen them in the shell at Christmas time - in those bags of
mixed nuts in the shell that always appear in the shops at that time.We
have a macadamia cracker - it's like a little press - you put the
macadamia in and screw down the top till the shell cracks. It's not a
quick process, but you don't have shells flying everywhere.

--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

"Rhonda Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I've mainly seen them in the shell at Christmas time - in those bags of
mixed nuts in the shell that always appear in the shops at that time.We
have a macadamia cracker - it's like a little press - you put the
macadamia in and screw down the top till the shell cracks. It's not a
quick process, but you don't have shells flying everywhere.

As serious as I will go in the nut cracking activity is brazil nuts.
I love them but man, what an undertaking. Macadamias? No
way.

nancy

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
smithfarms pure kona <[email hidden]> wrote:
(snippage)

Quoted message said:

BTW there are Macadamia nut crackers sold locally that open those

nuts

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

up quickly, but you'd have to come to Kona to get one.

aloha,
Thunder

Are you sure, Thunder? :-)
http://www.macnuts.org/
http://tinyurl.com/9z46m
http://tinyurl.com/dsc7v

I actually never knew California grew Macadamias. Thanks Barb.
aloha,
Thunder
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff

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"Rhonda Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I've mainly seen them in the shell at Christmas time - in those bags
of mixed nuts in the shell that always appear in the shops at that
time.We have a macadamia cracker - it's like a little press - you put
the macadamia in and screw down the top till the shell cracks. It's
not a quick process, but you don't have shells flying everywhere.

As serious as I will go in the nut cracking activity is brazil nuts.
I love them but man, what an undertaking. Macadamias? No
way.

I figure it's my patriotic duty to do it every so often :-), macadamias
being one of the few indigenous foodstuffs you find commercially
available. Don't think there are many other native nuts (the edible
sort, that is - there are plenty of the two legged ones!).

Honestly, I wouldn't go out and buy a bag of macadamias in the shell,
but if I have them, then I'll crack them and eat them. Not letting them
go to waste.

--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia