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Do pistachio nuts crack open when they are roasted or are they opened by some sort of mechanical process?


azahar

dunno, but i can open walnuts with just my hands

well according to the good people of the Califonia Pistachio Commicsion As the pistachio kernel grows, it naturally expands within the shell until it splits open. which tends to suggest it's just the natural ripening process of the nut

You mean they split open before they're roasted? On the tree? Before they're picked?


az

no i think that, the hull has to g=come of first either natrually or done by the picker. then as the kernel ripens it expands and cracks the shell

I have a bag of pistachio nuts, given to me by the Keeper of Pishachios himself, GTBacchus.
They're all split, but I don't know if they're raw or roasted.

Maybe you should go ask him, he's the expert.
U166086 he also wrote this: A577127


He's good-looking, as well as clever.

GB,

It does sound as if they split open before they're picked and I didn't know the unsplit ones (just about impossible to open) weren't worth the effort as they aren't ripe.

I'd also forgotten that often pistachios are dyed red and I didn't know the white ones are bleached. The ones I buy here are from Iran and are kind of straw-coloured, so perhaps (I hope!) they aren't bleached.


az

You're welcome.

What do you use the nuts for?

Mostly to stay fat, it would seem . . .


az

and what a delectable way to do that!

Not to mention fried cashews! Which I don't even dare to have in the house.


az

The great thing about cashews is that you can use a half-shell to open the ones that are too difficult to open with your fingers.

And eating them, of course.

RF

hmm pistachio ice cream

Hmmm, have never tried pistachio icecream but there is a (Greek?) flaky pastry filled with pistachios and honey that is quite yummy.


az

i recomend the ice cream although it tastes like candyfloss and marshmallow its still the loveliest ice cream (apart from maple and brazil aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgghghghghghghggghhghghggghghghghghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghghghghghg

Oh no - Himura! You've made the page go too wide!


az

now how the hell did that happen? musta been the pistacio ice cream bud dum tsh *comedy shepards crook edges next to himura before pulling him out of the thread*

No, it was the long aaaaaagh thingy. Hang on . . .


az

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