Uyakwazi ukuxela umgangatho weepistachios ngamaqokobhe awo. Ukuba iigobolondo ze-pistachio ziye zaqhekeka kwi-seam ukwenzela ukuba isiqhamo "simomotheka", isiqhamo sikulungele ukudliwa kwaye sinokudliwa ngaphandle kweengxaki. Iipistachios ezingavuthwanga, kwelinye icala, zinokubonwa ngeqokobhe elivaliweyo. Ukuba, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ulusu okanye isiqhamo simnyama, oku kungabonakalisa isikhunta kwaye i-pistachio ayifanele idliwe.
Njengama-cashews okanye i-almonds, i-pistachios ayithathwa njengamantongomane ukusuka kwindawo yokujonga i-botanical. Iinkozo, eziphantse zilingane nehazelnut kwaye zijikelezwe liqokobhe eliqinileyo, zivaleleke kwiqokobhe eliyinyama kwaye zikhula zibe ngamaqela emthini. Ngethuba lokuvuna i-pistachio, isiqhamo siyashukunyiswa emthini kwaye emva koko sihluthwe kwaye somiswe. Ukurhweba, iipistachios zihlala zifumaneka zigcadiwe kwaye zifakwe ityuwa. Ziyatyiwa njenge-snack okanye zisetyenziselwa izimuncumuncu, iisaladi, njengenxalenye yokuzaliswa kwenyama, okanye njengokuhombisa ikeyiki. Iipistachios zikwafumaneka kwisausage yeMortadella kwaye zisetyenziswa njengesiseko se-ayisikrimu eluhlaza okanye ukuzaliswa kwe-nutty praline.
Ngelixa i-pistachios iphezulu kwiikhalori, zikwaphezulu kwimpilo ye-unsaturated fatty acids, i-fiber, kunye neeprotheni ezisekelwe kwizityalo. Ukongezelela, i-pistachio nuts zizityebi kwiiminerali ezifana ne-potassium, i-magnesium, kunye ne-phosphorus kwaye zibonelela ngeevithamini ze-B ezibalulekileyo kunye neevithamini E kunye ne-K.