A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from July 25, 2019
“Pistachios are little vegan clams”

Pistachio nuts have been compared to clams because both have shells that are difficult to open. “Pistachio nuts are dried baby clams” was posted on Twitter by Benjamin J. Frost on August 15, 2009.
 
“Pistachios are land clams” was posted on Twitter by KickBackBob on February 4, 2010. “Pistachios are merely vegetarian land-clams. Don’t eat it if it won’t open” was posted on Twitter by Tim Geoghegan on March 9, 2011.
 
“‘Pistachios are like clams for vegans’ - @Andy_k” was posted on Twitter by Liz Coz Van Hoy on November 14, 2010. “Pistachios are little vegan clams” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on July 25, 2019.
   
“Pistachios are just land mussels” and “Pistachios are vegan mussels” are related sayings.
 
     
Wikipedia: Pistachio
The pistachio (/pɪˈstɑːʃiˌoʊ, -ˈstæ-/, Pistacia vera), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from Central Asia and the Middle East. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food.
   
Twitter
Benjamin J. Frost
@benjaminjfrost
Pistachio nuts are dried baby clams.
12:30 PM · Aug 15, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
KickBackBob
@HandsomeKingBob
Pistachios are land clams
5:52 PM · Feb 4, 2010·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter
Liz Coz Van Hoy
@lizcoz
“Pistachios are like clams for vegans” -
@Andy_k
1:07 AM · Nov 14, 2010·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Tim Geoghegan
@timogeo
Replying to @LambertRicky
@LambertRicky pistachios are merely vegetarian land-clams. Don’t eat it if it won’t open.
2:28 AM · Mar 9, 2011·TweetDeck
   
Twitter
Social Mosaic Comm.
@SoSaic
Pistachios are like the land version of clams.
10:24 PM · Jul 16, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
André Guindi A253 @ FanExpo✨🏳️‍🌈💘✨
@AndreGuindi
Pistachios are like little earth bound vegan clams.
10:34 PM · Nov 25, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Mark Atwood
@FallenPegasus
pistachio nuts are vegan clams
12:48 AM · Jan 2, 2013·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Dan Zlotnick
@Danzlotnick
Pistachios are basically just land-clams. #GangamStyle
12:43 PM · Feb 4, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/thedtrain88 June 12, 2013
Pistachios are just tree clams
         
Twitter
Captain CJ
@cjthehero
Pistachios are like vegan clams, am I right?
9:19 PM · Jan 4, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—SHowerthoughts
Posted by u/YungBlunts November 2, 2017
Pistachios are basically clam nuts
 
Reddit—Highdeas
Posted by u/xanaxaphone June 16, 2018
Pistachios are basically tree clams. 
 
Twitter
Sophie Adamson
@SophieEAdamson
If you think about it, pistachios are the clams of the nut world
8:29 AM · Apr 4, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Lim-Lim Kobe
@limmyko
Pistachios are the clams of nuts.
A bitch to open, pearl within.
6:22 AM · May 7, 2019·Twitter Web App
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/YYCchatterbox July 25, 2019
pistachios are little vegan clams

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Thursday, July 25, 2019 • Permalink


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