# I love pistachios, don't you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980 "2012-09-17T16:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/1 "2012-09-17T16:14:36Z")
This meeting of the Pistachio Lovers Society will now come to order. Please list the reasons you love pistachios. I’ll go first: 1. They are delicious 2. The shells are cute The chair recognizes the PLS member in the back. What do you love about pistachios? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/2 "2012-09-17T16:20:41Z")
Nuts are a good snack in moderation. However, it’s all too easy to shove a handful of almonds in your gob and consume 600 calories without noticing. Since pistachios have to be opened, you go slower and can’t just gulp them down unthinkingly. Plus, they are one of the tastiest nuts! Why did Trader Joe’s cancel the garlic-coated pistachios? WHY!? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/3 "2012-09-17T16:22:29Z")
They are delicious! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/4 "2012-09-17T16:34:43Z")
It’s a good thing they’re so expensive or I’d eat nothing but pistachios. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/5 "2012-09-17T16:38:14Z")
Pistachios have style with the cute shells and the mid-century modern coloring. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/6 "2012-09-17T16:38:47Z")
And they’re such a pretty color! Yummy and pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/7 "2012-09-17T16:40:59Z")
Not only are they good, but apparently they’re one of nature’s little colon brooms. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/8 "2012-09-17T16:45:59Z")
Try a bag of [jalepeno pistachios](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Naqo1iU9HGs/TeQL1o9DVQI/AAAAAAAABt0/bCIBtk8eyQ8/s1600/Flavor-Grove-Jalapeno-Pistachios-Slide-15.png). ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/9 "2012-09-17T16:51:19Z")
I am a new member and I don’t know if it is at all appropriate to post a dissenting opinon here. If I was to explain that I do not like Pistachios at all, would that be considered an inappropriate thing to do here? I mean, after all, you do ask the question, “Don’t you?” I do not wish to behave like a jerk and so I will await your reply before I say anything further. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/10 "2012-09-17T16:53:07Z")
I’m glad they’re finally widely available without the fake coloring. They’re prettier au natural. We keep a bowl of them in the kitchen for light snacking. Fortunately most of them are already cracked enough to easily open. I can’t do the others because I’m a guy; I have no fingernails. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/11 "2012-09-17T17:02:01Z")
I love pistachios - they’re easily my favorite nut. But you know what I don’t like? Pistachio ice cream. I was expecting nirvana, but got blah. It was the papaya of ice cream. Also, pre-shelled pistachios are kinda crap. Dunno why, but even fresh from farmer’s markets they seem to taste soft and stale. It’s like once they leave the open shell they degrade in like five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/12 "2012-09-17T17:19:29Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > I am a new member and I don’t know if it is at all appropriate to post a dissenting opinon here. I’m confused. Why did you join the Pistachio Lovers Society if you don’t love pistachios?? 😕 OH, you meant you’re new to the board. 😃 Dissent away, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/13 "2012-09-17T17:21:07Z")
So tasty and so expensive. Definitely my favorite nut, though lately I’ve been all about the Blue Diamond “bold” flavored almonds. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/14 "2012-09-17T17:36:10Z")
Addictive little bastards they are. ---
**Author:** ![CrimeThink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@CrimeThink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrimeThink)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/15 "2012-09-17T18:42:04Z")
Ben & Jerry’s Pistachio Pistachio is my favorite ice cream. The only thing that could be better would be Pistachio Pistachio Pistachio, but I haven’t heard back from Ben & Jerry’s regarding my suggested improvement. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/16 "2012-09-17T19:25:22Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > I am a new member and I don’t know if it is at all appropriate to post a dissenting opinon here. > > If I was to explain that I do not like Pistachios at all, would that be considered an inappropriate thing to do here? > > I mean, after all, you do ask the question, “Don’t you?” > > I do not wish to behave like a jerk and so I will await your reply before I say anything further. Just as long as you aren’t rude about it, no one will care. If you are rude, the mods probably won’t care, unless you insult someone, but the result will often be a bunch of people getting mad, followed by a debate that someone else will think is offtopic and think of it as threadshitting. However, the mods still won’t care. (The other possibility is that there will be a little snark making fun of you, and you’ll move on.) The board’s predictability aside, I agree 100% that pistachios are awesome, but I wonder how much of that is the salt. I do know that I only want the ones that can be opened with your fingers, not the ones you have to split yourself. And, yeah, if you get shelled ones, it really is hard to stop. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/17 "2012-09-17T19:33:26Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I’m glad they’re finally widely available without the fake coloring. They’re prettier au natural. > > We keep a bowl of them in the kitchen for light snacking. Fortunately most of them are already cracked enough to easily open. I can’t do the others because I’m a guy; I have no fingernails. A tip I picked up from this board - use an already opened pistachio shell as a tool to open the tough ones. If there’s even the slightest crack, you’ll be able to wedge the tip of the shell in there and twist it open. So it’s just like an M-16 and a 5.56 round - the only tool you need to open a pistachio is another pistachio. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/18 "2012-09-17T19:34:09Z")
Costco sells them without the shells. Yummy and fattening. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/19 "2012-09-17T19:38:42Z")
[drool] Baklava [/drool] ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980/20 "2012-09-17T19:46:02Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > I don’t know if it is at all appropriate to post a dissenting opinon here. What, have you actually read any threads in this place? 😉 (By the way, that means “yes, dissenting opinions are fine, and in fact actively encouraged, as long as you’re civil about it, and stick to the subject matter as opposed to directly insulting other posters”. At least that’s my experience around here.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-pistachios-dont-you/634980.md?page=2)