Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka maikaʻi o nā pistachios ma ko lākou mau pūpū. Inā ua haki nā pūpū pistachio i ke kaʻina i hiki ai i ka hua "ʻakaʻaka", ua mākaukau ka hua e ʻai a hiki ke ʻai ʻia me ka pilikia ʻole. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā pistachios ʻaʻole i oʻo ʻia e ko lākou pūpū paʻa. Inā he ʻeleʻele ka ʻili a i ʻole ka hua, he hōʻailona kēia o ka pala a ʻaʻole pono e ʻai ʻia ka pistachio.
E like me ka cashews a me nā ʻalemona, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia nā pistachios i nā nati mai kahi ʻano botanical. ʻO nā ʻanoʻano, e like me ka hazelnut ka nui a ua hoʻopuni ʻia e ka ʻili paʻa, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka ʻiʻo ʻiʻo a ulu aʻe i loko o nā pūpū ma luna o ka lāʻau. I ka wā o ka ʻohi pistachio, lulu ʻia ka hua mai ka lāʻau a laila ʻili a maloʻo. Ma ke kālepa, loa'a nā pistachios i kālua a pa'akai. ʻAi ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano he ʻai ʻai a hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea ʻono, salakeke, ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, a i ʻole he mea hoʻonani keke. Loaʻa ʻia nā pistachios i loko o ka sausage Mortadella a hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he kumu no ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ice cream a i ʻole ka hoʻopiha piha ʻana i ka nutty praline.
ʻOiai he kiʻekiʻe nā pistachios i nā calorie, he kiʻekiʻe nō hoʻi lākou i nā ʻakika momona unsaturated maikaʻi, fiber, a me nā protein i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā mea kanu. Eia kekahi, waiwai nā hua pistachio i nā minela e like me ka potassium, magnesium, a me ka phosphorus a hāʻawi i nā huaora B koʻikoʻi a me nā huaora E a me K.