Visiting DPRK and a nutty idea...
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  By George Mandis <george@mand.is>
  https://george.mand.is/2016/03/visiting-dprk-and-a-nutty-idea
  Monday, March 7th 2016

Next month I'm visiting the DPRK by way of [Koryo Tours](http://www.koryogroup.com/) to run in my first-ever marathon! If all goes well I'll be there two weeks — one week in Beijin beforehand while I acclimate to the timezone and another week in Pyongang where I'll participate in a tour — or maybe [two-plus months if I do something stupid...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYUMImDfhoo).

But before any of that, I thought I'd try something nutty and see if a random person out there feels like buying me this <a href='http://amzn.to/1TGoRXC'>nearly $3,000 Old Thyme Nut Grinder</a> as pre-Koream-adventure departing gift: 

<img src='//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B013CSFDAI&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=snapwebl-20' alt='' />

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Olde-Tyme-Grinder-Stainless-Steel/dp/B013CSFDAI/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&qid=1457410082&sr=8-8&keywords=nut+butter+grinder&linkCode=li3&tag=snapwebl-20&linkId=b461e352ed6e9e5cefedd13fd3fff66e" target="_blank" style='display:block;text-align:center'><img border="0" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/nut-grinder.jpg" ></a>

Lately I've been obsessed with making my own nut butters. Almond butter. Peanut butter. Cashew butter. Pecan butter. I haven't tried it yet, but I think macadamia butter would probably be fantastic!

I did the math and my nut-butter obsession should begin to pay for itself somewhere around the 1400th pound of almond butter after getting one of these.

🎂🏃🏻🇰🇵🌰