1. After the nuts are Blanched, warm them up slightly to make slivering easier—a short 10 seconds in the microwave will do the trick

2. These observations are consistent with oblique convergence of the Kula plate during early Cenozoic and forearc slivering above an ancient subduction zone following late Mesozoic accretion of the Peninsular–Alexander–Wrangellia terrane to North America.