Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle pistachio shells?

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:27:01 +0000

I put them in a pot and boil them fora few hours and you get a paste that I mix in with my mashed potatoes it is rather tasty.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:38:55 +0000

Make a wind chime out of them they sound pretty when they move around in your hand so why not out in the wind!!!

By: Brock

Brock — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:40:10 +0000

If you like to cook out, use them on your grill or smoker instead of wood chips. It’s very good for smoking meat, better than hickory or mesquite!

By: Rayford

Rayford — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:34:19 +0000

Can’t you crush them down and make a poutice, for skin exfoliation?

By: John

John — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:50:58 +0000

Anyone ever use the shells as a potting medium for growing orchids instaead of fir bark. I would assume they have to be thoughly rinsed to remove and salt.

Thanks in Advance,

John

By: Debbi

Debbi — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:41:15 +0000

Great ideas!!
My daughter uses crushed walnut shell substrate in her hermit crab’s tank. I wonder if crushed pistachio shells would work too??

By: Recycling Facts

Recycling Facts — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:20:44 +0000

Pistachio shells prior to the preparation, namely a good rinse and dry. After you sort by size: large to large, small to small, medium to medium. With the help of a coffee saucer using its diameter, cut out a circle of very thick cardboard (in our case, we used the cardboard from a box).
Outline the center circle and begin with an adhesive to form a flower from the small size of pistachios. Getting glue with four shells in the center, then depending on the size of the shell. And as you can spread mosaic!

By: Ryudo

Ryudo — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:59:20 +0000

Pistachio shells are hard! Has anyone ever thought of grinding them down into a powder then reforming them with an adhesive to make an MDF type material?

By: devin

devin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:25:33 +0000

yeah, throw them in a wood burning stove or fireplace. they are high in oils that actually react with the creosote in the chimney and will cause it to flake off thus preventing chimney fires while heating your house. due to the oil, they give off a lot more than their weight in wood (celulose). If you put one in a paper clip and light it you will see ‘jets of fire’ branching out of where it is burning; this is the oil vaporizing and igniting when it comes in contact with oxygen.

By: Olia

Olia — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:49:48 +0000

decorate with them instead of sea shells.

By: Kati

Kati — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:22:18 +0000

They make the BEST kindling!

By: eve

eve — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:14:28 +0000

Hi,
Do you really want people to send you the nut shells? We have a bowl full if you want them!
eve.kelleher@googlemail.com
:) eve

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:13:35 +0000

Use pistachio shells instead of packing peanuts when shipping or packaging something !

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:03:20 +0000

Of course I’ll keep that in mind. I tried to make boats with them. I used toothpicks for masts and put a piece of wood on the bottom to make the shell float.
If you want to contact me, here’s my email address: emilychanfy@yahoo.com.hk

Emily

By: Bobby Seibert

Bobby Seibert — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:48:09 +0000

I like to glue them on my nuts so they clink together when I walk around!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:26:19 +0000

Hi, Funny, I recently (after eating a lot f pistachios…yum) wondered what I could do with them other than put them in my composter. I came up with the idea of using them as drainage for the bottom of plantpots….very handy.

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:53:48 +0000

What about using them as vagina stuffers?

By: binla

binla — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:50:14 +0000

paste half shells upside down on earthen pots making flowers,then paint the pot along with the studed shells. the painted pot willbe beautiful decorative item for your drawing room shelf.

By: addy

addy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:27:24 +0000

you could paint them gray and use them for rocks in miniatures and doll houses. or you could glue them to your shoes and use them for tap shoes(just kidding!).

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:21:07 +0000

Very cool. I love the way the Kolapodi found its way in!!

I am just blown away by some of the ideas people have come up with on this blog. Would be good to try them all but we shell go mad. :-P

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:41:59 +0000

i had the same idea but its hard to make holes. i am trying to soak them right now maybe to soften them, but then its dangerous poking through so be careful. maybe put them on a surface with the curve side down ,like a bowl, so it wont roll?

By: Neighbors

Neighbors — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:34:18 +0000

Use as nipple covers when tanning
Works better than pasties.

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:27:21 +0000

They could be used as boats for ants!

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:56:42 +0000

fill the bottom of plant pots with them instead of pebbles

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:41:31 +0000

you are all odd , just compost them !

By: jimmy the hand

jimmy the hand — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:49:20 +0000

take your half pistachio shell and fill with moist cotton wool, place a single crest seed on top and wait to grow (wash shell thoroughly – of course!), repeat process as many times as physically able. float in bowl of water (the pistachio shells – not you) perhaps with some candles in order to create an agreeable table feature…we have had rave reviews at our dinner parties!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:32:57 +0000

I throw the shells all over the metro seats to annoy Sal. So then he bought a BMW. Therefore the shells can be used to get people to buy BMWs.

By: mousepotato66

mousepotato66 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:02:47 +0000

This has been such an entertaining read! Some of the ideas sound great~ if only I could afford the thousands of pistachios required! :D
Especially for your driveway (our tree farm is total MUD right now), and windchimes. (I’ll definitely have a go at that one, it’s howling a gale right now! :)

By: J

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:32:47 +0000

You could use a heated needle.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Amp1WbGDNXUz1D2eky4IZKgjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20071107190920AAuEITv

By: J

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:26:03 +0000

I’ve never done this before, but if it possible you could probably make a pistachio wind chime. Maybe something like this: http://www.boundingmain.com/images/events/silentauction08/DSC01224.JPG