POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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It’s really annoying when you can’t prise open a few of them.
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[Food] Pistachio nuts
- Thread starter POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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Very nice. Crush a load of pistachios, add olive oil, salt and pepper and fresh basil, mix it all up and toss fresh spaghetti in it. A simple but amazing dish.
Swimboy64
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- Oct 19, 2022
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Sounds good bit like pesto I guess
Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
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That is so true ! Nothing worse than a closed pistachio shell
maltaseagull
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You are paying for someone to do it for you.
- Jul 10, 2003
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My memories of late 70's, early 80's holidays is being on a deserted Mediterranean beach, picking up your bamboo mat for the walk back into town (or village) leaving a little pile of Pistachio nut shells behind you. Big part of being on holiday. Huge bags of pistachios for peanuts 
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Canfan
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Use the shell of one you have previously opened to open the stubborn ones. Obviously, if it is completely closed you're out of luck.
Robinjakarta
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The best pistachio nuts come from the Greek island of Aegina.
Just ate a bag of marmite cashews 
At my last poker night of 2023 a side conversation started around what was the best nut. Obviously me and another Brighton STH said cashew at the same time.Just ate a bag of marmite cashews
Marmite might just take it beyond Premier League winner to World Cup champ. Where does one purchase these? Definitely not asking for a friend.
Pretty much any big supermarket. They are beyond magnificent
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thejackal
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I once opened a bag of pistachios and discovered, in the first shell, what I later found out to be a dead moth larva, or navel orangeworm.
Upon inspection, several of the nuts contained these dead insect larva. A call to the supermarket helpline confirmed that dead bugs are very common and not grounds for a replacement.
Needless to say, I never eat pistachios in the dark any more.
Upon inspection, several of the nuts contained these dead insect larva. A call to the supermarket helpline confirmed that dead bugs are very common and not grounds for a replacement.
Needless to say, I never eat pistachios in the dark any more.
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
My daughter uses a shell to prize open the stubborn ones, How i've gone 40 years without knowing this life hack only to be taught it by a 7 year old I don't know!