It's like 20% empty shells! WTF! So I look under the bag hoping to find the holy grail of de-shelled pistachio heaven... But nothing!
This is Pistaccio Gate out in the open. Now I have to look over my shoulders.
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MY TIME HAS COME!!!!!
At Costco you can buy the big 3 lb bag of in-shell pistachios for 19.99 or the one and a half pound bag of pre-shelled pistachios for 20.99, implying that the pre-shell the pistachios are just over twice as expensive.
HOWEVER!!! I, the crazy persistent stubborn AuDHD person that I am, decided that I wanted to know for sure just how much better a deal the 3 lb in shell bag was, SO I SHELLED ALL THREE LBS IN ONE SITTING, EATING NONE UNTIL I WAS FINISHED!!! Crazy? Maybe. But I learned THE TRUTH which is that when you weigh the pistachios alone without the shell you get ALMOST EXACTLY one and a half lbs of nuts!
Also, sometimes the nuts were bad inside the shell, I got probably a quarter cup of pistachios that were the dark nasty looking bitter ones out of the whole bag. That's not many but I feel like I get fewer than that when I get the pre-shelled ones.
IN CONCLUSION!!!: when you buy the 3 lb bag all you are doing is paying for the privilege of shelling your own pistachios! You do not get any more nuts!!! If you like the salt and pepper nuts you still have to buy the ones in Shell, if the point for you is to have something that you have to open and eat slowly so you can have a snack that takes you a long time but isn't double fisting handfuls of nuts into your mouth all at once, that's fine, do you do you and go in peace.
But!!! if you just wanted the nuts and you do not give a shit about the shell and you were buying the in shell ones because you thought they were cheaper, I SET YOU FREE!!!!!
I absolutely buy the ones in-shell to slow myself down. Nuts are delicious but super high calorie and I'm a fiend!
Valid! Totally valid reason to get the inshell ones. 😁
I like the shells. The shells are nice and crunchy. Great way to clear out the digestive track and work my jaw muscles.
My first thought was " your poor anus" XD
My anus has been toughened up from years of eating shells.
But I like licking the salt off the shells.
I'd rather lick the salt off the nuts /s
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