Finish the following sentence with the best choice: To remove an acorn nut from an acorn

Choices:
- Place the acorn onto a cutting board, hit the acorn with a meat tenderizer to crack  it, remove nut from the acorn shell
- Place the acorn onto a cutting board, hit the acorn with a meat tenderizer to crack it open, remove nut from the acorn shell

Answer:
Place the acorn onto a cutting board, hit the acorn with a meat tenderizer to crack it open, remove nut from the acorn shell