Earlier this afternoon, I found myself running out of ideas for today's theme. It was driving me nuts. So I decided to take a stroll over to a local Arabic market. I'm glad I did. After a good 10 minutes of browsing the shelves and nut bins, I discovered what have to be the best pistachios I've ever had in my life. I was in such disbelief after sampling one that I asked the gent at the counter whether what I just ate was a lemon-flavored pistachio. When I asked him what they were he told me Iranian pistachios.
As you can see, these suckers are somewhat larger than most pistachios and they're generously sprinkled with coarse salt. They're also really hard to stop eating. The shells are coated with a salty, lemon mixture, hence my calling these pistachios suckers. Has anyone else ever had enjoyed these wonderful pistachios?
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11-21-2006 @ 12:12PM
srah said...
Those look delicious. I'll have to go out hunting!
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11-21-2006 @ 2:09PM
dave said...
these are my absolute favorite nut in the world! every time i go to San Diego, I visit an Arabic grocery that has these. I buy several pounds...
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11-26-2006 @ 8:26PM
Tara said...
These things are godly! My family (we're Persian) is obviously obsessed with these things and my mom brought back over 40 pounds of these when she went this past summer and we ate them in less than 2 months!!!
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