On 01/06/2016 05:58 AM, Gary wrote:
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> Kind of like pistachio nuts. Remember when they used to dye them red?
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Those were from Iran. The dye was used to try to hide spots and
blemishes on the shell. When trade relations broke down with Iran (the
Great Satan thing), California orchard growers started producing
blemish-free, larger, and tastier pistachios with no need to dye them to
hide things.