Do you remember these? Many finds mysterious tools in his grandparents’ home

They help to get to the edible portion of any nut, but are especially common to help one properly eat a chestnut.

Nutcrackers like this were often in similar sets of seafood tools that included implements for cracking the shells of shellfish in addition to picks for pulling out the meat.

The nutcrackers could also often been found with a matching wooden bowl designed to look like a chestnut.

Many of us and our grandparents had similar tools at home, along with the fond memories that go with them!

Did you ever have nutcrackers or picks like this? Tell us about your favorite memories of them in the comments!

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