Nuts are shelled by soaking in water (salt water, probably) for 24 hours, then the nuts are boiled for 5 minutes. The boiling softens the shell, and makes cracking (by hand or machine) much easier. Nuts that are to be sold as blanched or sliced nuts, may be boiled again, before blanching and/or slicing.
A parsec is an astronomical unit of measurement that is equivalent to 3.26 light years distance, or the distance photons will travel in vacuum over the period of 3.26 years.
In the real world, a parsec is a measurement of distance based on apparent stellar motion as observed from Earth. It is defined as 360Ã60Ã60/2Ï astronomical units (AU), which is equivalent to about 19.17 trillion miles, or about 3.262 light-years.he Star Wars parsec appears to be equivalent to the real-world measurement: The Decoded version of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode  Dooku Captured  says that six parsecs equals about 114 trillion miles, making one parsec about 19 trillion miles. The Essential Atlas says a parsec is 3.26 light-years.