Last winter our old nut chopper bit the dust. Unbeknownst to us, the threads at the top of the glass jar began to disintegrate. The way we discovered this was somewhat disconcerting. We had made some coffee cakes over the Christmas season, and had frozen the leftover squares of various coffee cakes. Enjoying a snack of these leftovers one evening, we came upon small shards of glass in the nut topping on one of them. It took a bit of detective work and careful inspection of the nut chopper to figure out the source of the problem.
We immediately threw our nut chopper away (along with the remaining squares of that coffee cake!). If we've needed chopped nuts for anything, I've used a handheld metal chopper that we've had for years. But I knew that we were going to need to find a good replacement before any Christmas baking could begin.
Fast-forward to June. Friends suggested a day trip to the Vermont Country Store in Weston, Vermont. And -- although we weren't specifically looking for one as we browsed -- there we found this nut chopper that was just what we've been looking for.
The quality looked good and the price was right. It feels good to have that detail for Christmas baking all taken care of so far ahead of time!
Beautiful nut chopper, never had one of those but it sure would be useful
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