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I'm currently eating a 5 pound bag of pistachios.

Discuss.

The in-laws recently had to have their septic system pumped out and the screens cleared - the guy doing the work remarked "someone here eats a lot of nuts". Does that help make this the worst thread on GRM?

All in one sitting?

Hell of a way to add weight. I prefer the old fashioned way, 32oz of Mt.Dew at a time.

How much was that bag?

Because I want one.

David S. Wallens wrote: All in one sitting?

Well, it's not like you can STOP eating Pistachios. It's like coke. You do it till it's all gone and then lie to yourself about how you're never going to do it again. Or so I'm told.

luvs me some pistachios but never tackled a 5 lb bag... although I could

What are you doing with the shells? If I have a small bag of Pistachios, like an idiot, I tend to put the shells back in the same bag. It's fine for a while, but soon you're sifting through spent shells to get at the precious remaining Pistachios.

poopshovel wrote: Well, it's not like you can STOP eating Pistachios. It's like coke. You do it till it's all gone and then lie to yourself about how you're never going to do it again. Or so I'm told.

QFT

Luke wrote: What are you doing with the shells? If I have a small bag of Pistachios, like an idiot, I tend to put the shells back in the same bag. It's fine for a while, but soon you're sifting through spent shells to get at the precious remaining Pistachios.

I usually hide them under my roommate's bedsheets.

I found this on my wall. 4 lbs to go

pigeon wrote: The in-laws recently had to have their septic system pumped out and the screens cleared - the guy doing the work remarked "someone here eats a lot of nuts". Does that help make this the worst thread on GRM?

Have a number? Due to recent changed in FL law, I may need to talk to someone

http://www.theledger.com/article/20111116/EDIT01/111119496

I always drag a trash bin next to me when I do pistachios. I get 3-4lb bags at costco. I always wonder why my fingers hurt.

Also, what do you do with the ones that aren't split from roasting?

I am reminded of the scene in 'The Naked Gun' where the cop car is buried in pistachio shells.

aw nuts!

Pliers. I throw my shells in the compost. I'm going to have to look for a 5lb bag!

EastCoastMojo wrote: Pliers. I throw my shells in the compost. I'm going to have to look for a 5lb bag!

Costco is the best way to do it w/o buying in bulk. I'd imagine Sams has the same thing, but I refuse to endorse Waltrash.

Graduated bags are for newbs. We buy our pistachios out of the bulk bin.

Troof. But I'm leery of the bulk bin if I see a lot of walking snot factories next to it. Had food poisoning too many times. But it might still be better than the smelly hippies at whole foods.

http://www.superiornutstore.com/california-colossal-pistachios-10-lbs-bulk.html

This oughta cure you of the pistachio thing.

5 pounds? They'd be writing my obituary tomorrow from high blood pressure, if not "irregularity". But I would have died happy, and with no thumb tips left.

Bastard. I want something salty RIGHT NOW. I don't even really care what it is, as long as it has delicious edible rock in it.

Know what you don't see as much these days? The red ones. Can you still even buy them?

I haven't seen the red ones in YEARS. What was that all about anyhow?

mndsm wrote: I haven't seen the red ones in YEARS. What was that all about anyhow?

From the all-knowing wikipedia. By the way, I worked in a candy/nut store while in high school, and this is how I remember it, too:

The shell of the pistachio is naturally a beige color, but it is sometimes dyed red or green in commercial pistachios. Originally, dye was applied by importers to hide stains on the shells caused when the nuts were picked by hand. Most pistachios are now picked by machine and the shells remain unstained, making dyeing unnecessary except to meet ingrained consumer expectations. Roasted pistachio nuts can be artificially turned red if they are marinated prior to roasting in a salt and strawberry marinade, or salt and citrus salts.