How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 236
Blossom and Fruit of the Ohestnut-Tree. … These nuts are only cooked by covering the kernels with hotcandy, and thus prepared, they make a delicious sweetmeat.When cracking hickory-nuts, hold each nut firmly by the 220 Autumn. flat sides, bringing uppermost one of the narrow sides ; strikethis and the nut will open so that the halves fall…
