Macadamia Nuts

The macadamia nuts are back at the farmers market.

Last year I bought some and made macadamia nut burgers. (You can read the recipe here.)

This year, I just admired them and passed on by.

Interestingly, this year the nuts look even more challenging than last year. They're being sold with the outer case still attached, although cracked open so you can see the nut's hard brown inner shell.

That hard inner shell is what it takes a hammer to crack. You can read about my challenges with them here. (This is why this year I just passed on by.)

It's a lot of work for a handful of nuts.

But I love seeing them at the market, and I know that if I ever want to eat macadamia nuts, this is how I'll buy them.