Product Review - Nutcracker

Perhaps you’ve just asked the question, is she nuts? Why is she reviewing a nut cracker? Those are actually good questions. I am reviewing a nut cracker because as a child my Mom always had nuts in their shells in a big bowl for Christmas visiting time. Remember the concept of “visiting” your friends and relatives in the days leading up to and following Christmas day? This was huge in our family – receiving visitors and doing some visiting ourselves. But I digress. In any case, nuts at Christmas time are a lovely memory for me and I just purchased some hazelnuts and pecans in their shells. And I realized I don’t own a nut cracker. So to Amazon.com I went and serendipitously found the MOST adorable nut cracker. It’s a hand carved wooden mushroom with a screw mechanism to apply the pressure necessary to crack the nut – waaay more efficient than the usual cracker using just my hand strength. I love this little thing. It’s pretty to look at and super easy to use – the best of all worlds for $20! I thought you might appreciate this information in case you need a gift for someone that you have no idea what to get. Of course I always advocate for buying something local first, but if time is running out and you have Prime……. You could simply give the nut cracker as is, if that fits your budget. Or you could really dress it up in a pretty basket with several bags of nuts or on a tray with one bag of nuts. Am I helping you here? Admittedly, I get excited about culinary gadgetry more than the average person. But I think this is really cute and it brings back more Christmas memories. Perhaps this little nutcracker will be a conversation starter too. Happy cracking and Merry Christmas!