If crunch is all you care about, then you might enjoy a bag occasionally, but be aware that the outer shell might actually be too hard even for fans of the crunchiest nuts. While scouring the ...

from the big meaty Brazil nuts that grow in a cluster inside a large outer shell, the cashew that is a single nut outside a big fleshy fruit, and the small pine nuts that grow within the woody ...

Keep warm with a tea towel while you peel away the hard outer shell and the softer inner brown skin (warm nuts peel more easily than cold ones). For a faster method, slit the rounded shell of the ...