A Tough Nut
Eine harte Nuss So, here’s the dilemma: When I went shopping for the Christmas holidays, I discovered they were selling hazel nuts in the supermarket – something I hadn’t seen around here before (hazel nuts are a typical “snack” during the Christmas season in my family). So, of course, I had to get myself a bagful of them. Assuming, that is that my nutcracker, of which I know that I have one, must be sitting at home in one of my kitchen drawers, patiently awaiting his opportunity to be of use. But soon after I got home, I discovered, nutcracker had gone off, wandering about, and was nowhere to be found (something that’s not too infrequent here as my kitchen is pretty well equipped and people often come knocking on my door asking for this or that). So, here I am, having this wonderful collection of nuts, and no way of actually enjoying them … Hier ist mein Dilemma: Als ich kürzlich für die Weihnachtsfeiertage einkaufen war, habe ich entdeckt, dass sie im Supermarkt Haselnüsse …