how many pistachios would be poisonous?

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I think I'm just about there.

Hmm, in the name of science OP, you should martyr yourself and get someone to let us know.

Can't stop. I'm in a pistachio trance.crunch. suck. Chew.

DH says "at least 200g"!

It's a 300g bag. 648 calories per 100g. I'm a good half way through.

They are poisonous???!! That explains why I have never reached my full potential!

Crunch. Suck. Chew.... which bit are you sucking?

Surely you pull the shell off, then just chew. Or is there some other way of eating them?

What?!! Poisonous?! I've eaten a 150g bag of shelled pistachios...

My DH loves them but does my friggin head in cos he leaves the shells everywhere standing on one is worse than Lego!!
If I tell him they are poisonous maybe he will give up the habit

Aleatory you suck the yummy salt off the shell!

Nah.
I've done that experiment and survived.

Suck the shells to get the salt off.

not to be indulged in in polite company.

Don't let the closed up ones beat you. Use one shell from another to prize it open. Heh. They thought they won.

Righto. That sounds a bit disgusting! The sucking element that is! But thanks for the explanation.

So.. if you put the whole nut in your mouth with the shell, so that you can suck the salt off, do you then take the shell out your mouth... or what?

Ha ha. Glad to know me and my DD are not the only shell suckers.

Watch the closed ones - I've had one filling in a life well lived, thanks to one of these bastards shearing a piece off. Otherwise....enjoy.

Pit nut in mouth.

suck

use front teeth to crunch open

suck again

chew.

STOP NOW!!

I think I'm done. Feel slightly nauseous.

Poisonous? What?

I'm going to go with keep eating till the pack is empty. Even if it's a jumbo pack. Even if you feel a bit sick before you get there. Even if you have to undo your waistband. Even if there are witnesses.

Never mind them being poisonous, have you seen how many bloody calories are in them?

Calorie lunacy! Can't believe it!

I'm currently plotting my way through a huge bag of roasted monkey nuts, cracking the shells and crunching, also v. Addictive... Luckily the packet us in the bin so I can't check the calories...

I like this thread !

If they are closed it is like mussels. Do not eat.
They contain good fatty acids and minerals. And vitamin E so u will have a good complexion!