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The Odd Pistachio

Last night my swim coach Laura and I were discussing the relative weirdness of the pistachio. Laura, who is a confirmed fan of the pistachio, thought it wasn't weird at all. But this is from a girl whose fondest memory is being spoonfed morsels of pistachio pudding cake by her boyfriend.

I think there are three main reasons why the pistachio is the oddest of the common nuts (e.g., walnuts, cashews, pecans, almonds, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, brazil nuts and the peanut (which, admittedly, isn't a nut at all but a legume)).

First off, the pistachio nut is green. All of the other common nuts are some shade of brown.

Second, it is often made into pistachio pudding. I can't think of any other nut-based pudding. Can you?

Finally, said pistachio pudding is regularly consumed in pistachio pudding cake, which, so far as I can tell, is neither pudding nor cake.

So what do you, dear readers, think of the pistachio? Discuss.