Posted
on February 26, 2014
Well,
you wear green, of course! Think Stephen Colbert on his “wonderful
pistachios” ad for the Super Bowl.
Oh,
and I guess you should also eat some pistachios! I love them plain,
of course, but I also love pistachio ice cream and pistachios in
salad. Oh, and baklava made with pistachios!
Here
is a recipe for pistachio nougat candy. (Yum!)
And
here are 22 recipes from snacks to entrees to desserts.
Including baklava.
Did you know...?
- The first American harvest of pistachios was relatively recent: 1976! (That's especially surprising since at least some Americans ate pistachios in the 1800s, and pistachio ice cream became a craze in the 1940s.
- Top world producers include (#1) Iran, (#2) the U.S. (by which I mean California), (#3) Turkey – and runner ups China, Syria, Greece, and many more.
- In Iran, pistachios are known as the smiling nut, and in China, as the happy nut.
- Pistachios are related to cashews and mangoes.
- Pistachios are good for your heart because they have phytosterols and unsaturated fat. They provide fiber and antioxidants, thiamine and B-6, even beta-carotene. That means that they help fight cancer, Alzheimer's, and other diseases as well.
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