Does anyone remember red pistachios? They were pretty popular when I was a kid. The local grocery store always had both red and regular pistachios, but now you never see them.
I think they peaked in that scene in The Naked Gun movie. Maybe watching Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy all red-lipped was enough to turn people off forever.
Also, OJ Simpson was in those movies and sort of a cultural icon at the time. That's pretty weird to think about today.
No real conclusion here. More just a random collection of thoughts.
dhyani:
I remember them, too, @notsurewhat1. They were an expensive snack then as now. I think the issue was the red dye - at a certain point in the 1970”s red dye number 2 was determined to be a carcinogen. Pistachios are just as good without being red - and Stephen Colbert makes a great spokesperson for them. 😁