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My daughter and I love pistachios. We also agree our favorite color is green. She asked me to write this in honor of national pistachio day:

So often the nut meats we find Experience life as a grind So let's not spread Their butter instead Eat them whole on this day enshrined

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 3/2/2024 8:23:00 AM

Pistachios are my best nuts - in fact I lose count of how many I've eaten once I start! Definitely i do not eat those put to the grind nor do I buy Pistashio butter in a bottle, what pleasure in either, I eat them after they have been roasted in their shells and broken a couple of finger nails opening them, or delight in biting them open. It is in fact a ritual with us Greeks. Loved the Limerick and glad i found kindred spirits in you and your daughter and pistachios! Hugs, blessings, Jenn.

Silent One

Date: 3/2/2024 6:04:00 AM

I love pistachios also... this one has been done really well... made me smile..

Duke Beaufort
Date: 3/2/2024 8:22:00 AM

I am glad. I just discovered a bag of pistachios someone hid from me in a cabinet. We try to share good nuts.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 2/27/2024 11:36:00 AM

A great limerick. I love nuts and they are healthful. This poem spreads words smoothly.

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/27/2024 3:15:00 PM

Hilda, almonds walnuts and pistachios are considered very good for us. I get the pun you made. It's not easy to eat healthy. I'll have more to say about that in my next limerick!

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 2/27/2024 7:17:00 AM

Dear Duke, This is a clever ode to these delicious nuts! I love the pun on "grind" and the playful suggestion to celebrate them whole. It's a lighthearted reminder to appreciate life's simple pleasures, including savoring a pistachio's unique texture and taste. My go-to snack!! Well done! - Blessings, Daniel

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/27/2024 3:22:00 PM

Daniel, you are so very thorough when you chew on anyone's work. It's remarkable as I myself see it takes time to analyze some of the work published here and make a meaningful response. You have something amazing going for you, sir! I do believe you love poetry and philosophy and it shows!

Vijay Pandit

Date: 2/27/2024 6:59:00 AM

I didn't know there was such a day. Fun read, Duke. Lovely ode to a delicious nut!

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/27/2024 4:39:00 PM

Vijay, it seems we have a day for almost everything. For example, tomorrow is national science day and national pancake day. It may have something to do with sales enhancement! The US has a highly commercialized society.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 2/26/2024 10:57:00 PM

Only last week in Turkey my daughter and I polished off a bag between us. Just love that savoury taste. Tom

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/27/2024 5:12:00 AM

Tom, we sometimes take trips together with our kids who are both in their 40s. We don't know many people doing that sort of thing. While in New Mexico, we visited a farm that grows pistachios (Heart of the Desert). Not a major tourist attraction but interesting nevertheless.

Bill Baker

Date: 2/26/2024 7:05:00 PM

A sweet thing to do for your daughter, a gift of a limerick by the Limerick Master. Someday I hope to be able to write Limericks like you, Duke. They are awesome! A new poet friend in Texas, Bill

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/27/2024 5:06:00 AM

Bill, my guess is you could write limericks as well as or better than I. Your poetry is marvelous, and I am sure we will be reading each other's work often. Looking forward to it.