Pistachios are a great and delicious food and a healthy snack alternative. They are great to carry a few around with you a snack on to avoid snacking on bad foods. Like all nuts, they contain many vitamins and minerals along with good fats and help to keep you satisfied until dinner time.
Many pistachios you can simply open with your own hands and with no trouble or hassle. But there are some pistachios that are simply not open enough for you to open with your hands. If you ever these within your handful there is a simple way to open these without the hassle, broken nail, or mess.
If you find a pistachio that has a very small opening that you cannot simply open with your fingers, take a half of the shell of the previous pistachio and wedge it within the small opening of the pistachio that you are trying to open.
Then, simply turn the half of the shell clockwise or counterclock wise so that the shell ends up doing all of the work for you. The half of shell will release the two shells from the pistachio that you are trying to open.
Another method that could be used if you do not have an actual pistachio cracker would be to take a pair of pliers and place the pistachio in between them. Then crunch the pistachio in between the two heads. This method is not always as efficient because it has a tendency to smash the pistachio sending the pieces going flyer everywhere.