You need two cups of shell-on pistachios, in other words, to get one cup of edible shell-off nuts. The two cups of shell-on pistachios in the 8-ounce bag worked out to exactly one cup of ready-to ...

Hickory nut kernels are so difficult to extract in large pieces. Learn how to eat hickory nuts and how to shell hickory nuts in a way that allows easy nut meat extraction. One of my family’s ...

More tips for buying and cooking with nuts: - Nuts in the shell keep longer than those out of the shell. Buy nuts from a store with a good turnover for a better chance at freshness. Avoid any with ...

Part of the fun of eating walnuts or pecans is cracking the shell and getting the nut. However, some nuts, like cashews, are almost always sold shelled and roasted. Why aren't cashews sold in the ...

They might have had a bad rap at one time, but it turns out nuts are powerhouses, packed with nutritional value. Yes, they are high in calories, but they also are high in protein and rich in fiber.