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How to Open Tough Pistachios, Because You’ve Been Doing It Wrong

By Nora Maxwell at Northwestern University

Nothing kills the fun of eating pistachios like not being able to open a shell. Here’s how to get crackin’ (hint: all you need is another pistachio).

Step 1: Grab your tricky shell.

The motto: leave no shell unopened.

Step 2: Use the edge of another pistachio shell to pry open the other.

Who knew pistachios could be so useful?

Step 3: Yum.

That was almost too easy.

Now that you’ve got those pistachios cracked, put them to use in these yummy recipes:

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