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4-1-2009 12:38 AM
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only this time it's pistachios
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4-1-2009 8:43 AM
ratcatcher2
The modern pistachio nut P. vera was first cultivated in Western Asia. Its cultivation spread into the Mediterranean world by way of central Iran, where it has long been an important crop. The early 6th-Century manuscript De observatione ciborum (On the observance of foods) by Anthimus implies that pistachio nuts ("pistacia" in vulgar Latin) were well known in Europe by late Roman times.

Share of 2005 production (tonnes)
Iran 190 000
US 140 000

Turkey 60 000
Syria 60 000
China 34 000
Greece 9 500
You'd wonder ...
4-1-2009 9:09 AM
tabsey
Used to be that you had to go to a cocktail party late or a Dodgy Bros restaurant to cop a dose of salmonella. Now it is everywhere. CIA plo
4-2-2009 12:42 AM
doodleicious
i'd like to slowly roast their nuts- metaphorically that is- the CIA's- but that goes against the doodle creed
4-2-2009 12:44 AM
doodleicious
by the way ratcatcher2- interesting set of facts there-.....yes- one would wonder.....?.....
4-4-2009 2:05 PM
ratcatcher2
Country of origin is mandatory on all food products in the EU. BUT, you will never find Iran name on my favourite nut.
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