Do pistachios con tain poison?

[mangeorge]

I seem to remember that pistachios contain mild poison.
My name is george, and I am a pistachio addict.
:eek:

[Crafter_Man]

Not sure. But keep in mind just about any substance can be a “poison” if you consume enough of it.

[Squink]

As with peanuts, pistachios may be contaminated with aflatoxin.

Iranian pistachios had a particular aflatoxin problem a few years ago.

[MPB_in_Salt_Lake]

I think that I read (probably in a Straight Dope column) that cashew trees have an oil in their leaves and nuts that can cause some people skin irritation, similar to poison ivy.

Mangos also secrete a similar toxin, and can cause blistering in some people who handle the fruit.

[Mangetout]

@Crafter_Man

Not sure. But keep in mind just about any substance can be a “poison” if you consume enough of it.

Enough is fine. Too much is the problem (that’s why they call it ‘too much’)

[Shmendrik]

@Mangetout

Enough is fine. Too much is the problem (that’s why they call it ‘too much’)

Obligatory Fry and Laurie reference. 2:38 - 2:55, to be specific.

[aceplace57]

Cashews can burn your hands. They require processing before they can be eaten.

Within the true fruit is a single seed, the cashew nut. Although a nut in the culinary sense, in the botanical sense the nut of the cashew is a seed. The seed is surrounded by a double shell containing an allergenic phenolic resin, anacardic acid, a potent skin irritant chemically related to the more well known allergenic oil urushiol which is also a toxin found in the related poison ivy. Some people are allergic to cashew nuts, but cashews are a less frequent allergen than nuts or peanuts.

The cashew nut can also be harvested in its tender form, when the shell has not hardened and is green in color. The shell is soft at this stage, and can be cut into two with a knife. The kernel is extracted (it is still corrosive at this stage, so gloves may be required) and soaked in turmeric water to get rid of the corrosive material before use.

Cashew

[Alessan]

And of course, almonds contain cyanide.

[Floater]

As do most(?) pits from drupes.

[Mangetout]

@Floater

As do most(?) pits from drupes.

I believe it’s members of the rose family, generally, rather than drupes - which are just a plant’s way of configuring a fruit

[Capitaine_Zombie]

@Alessan

And of course, almonds contain cyanide.

I once got poisoned by bad almonds, feels weird.

[robert_columbia]

@mangeorge

…
My name is george, and I am a pistachio addict.
:eek:

1.We admitted we were powerless over pistachios—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2.Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3.Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4.Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5.Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6.Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7.Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8.Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9.Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10.Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11.Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12.Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to pistachics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

[Argent_Towers]

What is tain poison, and how do you con it? And how can a nut con it?

[mangeorge]

@Argent_Towers

What is tain poison, and how do you con it? And how can a nut con it?

I don’t care.

[robert_columbia]

@Argent_Towers

What is tain poison, and how do you con it? And how can a nut con it?

Nut myNut = new Pistachio();
foreach (Poison currentPoison in Poisons)
{
if (currentPoison is Tain)
{
myNut.Con(currentPoison);
}
}