This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Northwestern chapter.
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.
![How to Open Tough Pistachios, Because You’ve Been Doing It Wrong 3 pistachio](https://spoonuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/Stuck-Shell-_-Nora-Maxwell-670x377.gif)
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The motto: leave no shell unopened.
Step 2: Use the edge of another pistachio shell to pry open the other.
![How to Open Tough Pistachios, Because You’ve Been Doing It Wrong 4 pistachio](https://spoonuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/Crack-Open-Shell-_-Nora-Maxwell-670x377.gif)
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Who knew pistachios could be so useful?
Step 3: Yum.
![How to Open Tough Pistachios, Because You’ve Been Doing It Wrong 5 pistachio](https://spoonuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/Opened-Pistachios-_-Nora-Maxwell-670x377.gif)
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That was almost too easy.