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November 20, 2008, 05:02:57 PM

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Leah Sattler
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July 10, 2008, 06:29:56 AM

my property has at least 5 pecan trees all bearing enormous amounts of pecans each year. Very few get used though because of the tedious task of shelling them (these are wild pecans not paper shell so they are much smaller and have thick shells) does anyone have any tips for to make it less time consuming? it would take me hours to shell enough just for a pie.


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paul wheaton
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July 10, 2008, 10:02:20 AM

I would like to hear the answer to this too. But for the moment, I would just like to hear more about your trees. How cold does it get where you are? Do you have pictures of the trees? The "fruit"?


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Leah Sattler
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July 11, 2008, 07:14:34 AM

well so far this is the best I can find as far as a sheller for home use .http://snt.pecans.com/picture/?pictures[ID]=224&catalog[ID]=116&

I also read that boiling them and then plunging them in ice water can ease cracking and shelling. I'll try it when they start rolling in this year. For grins I went out and actually counted all the pecan trees. I have nine not including the "babies" under 30'.

looks as though I'll have some coming this year too.

despite this last december.....we lost a big one in the ice and lots and lots of limbs. I was very upset all night during the storm listening to all the cracking and crashing sounds of my beloved pecan trees being destroyed by the ice.

this pic shows some in the background of the garden.


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Charley Hoke
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July 11, 2008, 07:29:57 PM

Those look very similar to the pecans grown here in the south in groves. I used to have a few of these where I used to live. They can be a chore to crack. I used to carry a pocket full for a snack and could crack them by squeezing two of them together in my hand. I takes a pretty good grip but the key is to lay them side by side. Of course this is no good if you are trying to crack a lot of them.

I used a simple two lever nutcracker like this one, http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A32918.htm

The key here is to again crack the sides. slowly and gently, rotating the nut as you go, sometimes I would break the nut but that was ok, I would just eat these. grin

I could crack about a gallon of hulled nuts in about an hour with one of these.

Here are some other nutcrackers, I have heard the first one on the page is the best for pecans but have personally never used one.
http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/nutcracker.htm

I'm jealous, I do love pecans, like most nuts I like them best fresh cracked and raw.


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