Why are pistachios always distributed in shells?!
Why are pistachios always distributed in shells?
All other nuts can be found out of shells, but not pistachios
Answers:
I have seen them out of shell in cans but on an episode of Good Eats Alton Brown said that it prevents them from growing rancid. Nuts have a lot of oil and it makes them go bad.
i bought some at wal-mart,a big tub of them
They are also distributed in their skin. The shell is beneath the skin... and the ones that are sold in the shell are usually cooked. If you buy the ones that are in the skin you would see that the shell is not that hard. And they are very fresh when you buy them in their skin.
Anyways you could also buy them without the shells.
so they can be christmasey (red on the outside, green on the inside)..