▲ | New DNA Map of the Pistachio Could Create Better Varieties(ucdavis.edu) | |
9 points by ohjeez 2 days ago | 2 comments | ||
▲ | AngryData a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
Nice, pistachios is a great plant for usage in arid areas where other crops would either struggle or require wasteful levels of water. Not only do pistachios require a lot less water than other plants, but it can also utilize slightly brackish/saline water, which makes watering them in places like California and other coastal areas potentially far cheaper and easier without needing completely fresh water. | ||
▲ | ggm 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Pistachios need a shell less likely to infuriatingly not open when roasted. It's about 1 in 20 and should be more like 1 in 200. Whatever the quality is in roasted-pistachio/salt which causes almost instant gratification-reward-repeat, it must be what CM Kornbluth/Fred Pohl was going on about in "the space merchants" (1952) and if they double it up we'll all die (happy, satiated and with loads of yummy zinc and magnesium), of high blood pressure. I just can't eat one. I'm not sure what the magnitude of the power of ten is but I know it's north of "a normal person's portion" |