A Seed Saver's Garden

[flowerbug]

i love pistachios too. well, most nuts i love...

 

[heirloomgal]

i love pistachios too. well, most nuts i love...

Me too. Raw almonds are a favorite go-to snack around here. The only one that I eat and don't enjoy is Brazil nuts, something about that taste is off to me. But I'll eat a little every year for the health benefits. Macadamia nuts are never available, but I have bought macadamia butter and really enjoyed it. But the use is fairly limited aside from a spoonful here and there. Nuts are such a wonderful food, delicious, rich, healthy, high in fiber.

 

[Dahlia]

I'm doing some research on different cookies I want to try this year.

So far DD & I have made Hermits with the true Marasca cherries (the thing maraschinos wanted to be but never were, lol), Coconut Cinnamon Chocolate Chunk, Toffee Bits Chocolate Cookies, Peanut Butter, Gingerbread, Shortbreads, and now I want to find something using freshly shelled pistachios. I shelled a bag of hazelnuts tonight and think I'll toast and use them right before I make the Coffee Cake Strudel I've planned for those. Pumpkin pies are halfway done.

I think I found the perfect recipe; it's mostly pistachios, orange zest, almond flour, egg whites and a little sugar. But what really took me by surprise in searching for a pistachio recipe is I learned this nut is actually explosive and contain highly flammable oils in great concentration. They're a Class 4.2 Substance: 'Spontaneously Combustible Materials' and are considered pyrophoric! Of course this is in big quantities, but it's still pretty wild!
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Yummy! Those look incredible!