Random thoughts of a Disturbed Mind: The snack of frustration...

Saturday, March 10, 2007

[The snack of frustration...]

I once saw this stand-up comedian who talked about how he preferred grapes over apples. He said if you had a bad apple, you're stuck with an entire bad apple. But with grapes, even if you get one bad one, there's always a chance that the next one would be good. Hence, grapes were the "fruit of opportunity".

Now, let me introduce you to the snack of frustration:

Pistachios!

In case anyone has never seen or tasted them before, let me explain how it works. Basically, you push the shells in opposite directions until they break and then you eat the nut that's inside. Sounds simple enough. In fact, shouldn't they be the snack of opportunity (seeing how they don't come alone, same as grapes) instead of frustration?

See, the thing is, there were three types of pistachios. The normal type which you could easily get at (not pictured above), then there are two types that drive you crazy.

These nuts crack open by themselves when they are ripe. Sometimes, they don't open enough. Like the one on the left. It's difficult to crack them open, and may even be painful. Incidentally, after I took the photo, I pried the thing open with my fingernails and ended up getting cut (there was some blood) along the front of my index finger, where the nail meets the flesh. Ouch. That was so not worth it.

Then there are those which cracked open too big and the nut inside fell out. If you're not paying attention (say you're watching TV), you can crack open a few of them only to be disappointed because there was nothing for you in them. And the funny thing was every batch of pistachios comes with some of these, but you never find any free nuts inside the package. (Okay, you do, but there's still more empty shells than liberated nuts.)

So henceforth, I proclaim pistachios the snack of frustration.

^^^ by Locksley @ 12:12 AM. 4 comments.
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"liberated" nuts sound funny.. :P

^^^ posted by kt @ Sat Mar 10, 08:14:00 PM.

o.O 开心果 supposed to make u 开心 . Not frustrated LOL.

^^^ posted by Jilleen @ Sat Mar 10, 10:20:00 PM.

LOL! eat cashew nuts instead!

^^^ posted by SubSanity @ Sun Mar 11, 07:42:00 PM.

I finished the cashews a while back. :(

^^^ posted by Locksley @ Sun Mar 11, 08:47:00 PM.

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