Friday, January 31, 2020

Do You Know?!

Who remembers what delicious treat came in these vacuum sealed jars back in the 70's?

Bottled by Sun Giant


The treats needed to be shelled.  Remember?


The treats often turned your fingers red!  How bout now, anything?


The answer is PISTACHIOS!

Here's a Googlemachine blurb - 

Red pistachios became scarce by the 1980's because of a limit on pistachio imports from the Middle East, and a huge increase in American grown pistachios produced through advanced harvesting methods. There was no longer a need to dye the pistachios red because they no longer had unappetizing stains.

And now you know...

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