ʻO ka mōʻaukala, nā pono pilikino, nā kūʻai, a me nā'ōlelo mālama palekana no nā pekena.
ʻO ka pecans kekahiʻano o kaʻomi i huaʻia e ka lāʻau Hickory a he poʻe maoli nō ia i ka'ākau o ka'ākau oʻAmelika Huipūʻia a me Melekiko. ʻO ka inoa "pecan" mai kahi hua'ōlelo Algonquin e pili ana i "nut e koi ana i kahi pōhaku e kālai."
ʻO ka Pecans like me ka uhiʻana akā uaʻoi aku ka lōʻihi,ʻoi aku ka lahilahi, a me ka liʻiliʻi i kaʻike. ʻO ko lākou mau'ōpū, e like me nā hua'ōlelo nui, he mau keʻokeʻo,ʻeleʻele, a lahilahi a maʻalahi hoʻi ka palaka ma mua o nā pūpū wolina.
Pelekane Pelekane
Ua nui nā hana a Pekani i kaʻai a me nā meaʻai o nā'ōlohelohe i nā'ōlikai i ka piʻiʻana. He nui nā lāhuiʻAmelika'ōiwi i hilinaʻi i ka pekani heʻai nui i ka hāʻuleʻana a me nā mahina hoʻomaha a me ke kālepa kālepa.
Ma nā kenekulia 18 a me 19, ua hoʻomaka nā kālepa Paniolo a me Farani e mahi i nā pekani a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻokuʻu aku iā lākou i nā wahi'ē aʻe o ke ao. ʻO New Orleans, kahiʻoihanaʻoihana nui, kahi i kū pono i loko o ka puʻu o ka nohona kūlohelohe o ka lāʻau pecan a liloʻo ia i mea hoʻokani nui i ka uluʻana o nā pecan o ka 1900.
He poʻe nui ka Pecans i ka moʻomeheu a me nā loina i ka hema oʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa. Mai ka pecan pie i ke kope kopeʻia o ka peaniani a me ka ice cream, nā pekans kekahi hapa o ka'āina hoʻokele waiwai nui o ka South.
ʻO Pecan Nutrition
Hoʻohanaʻia nā pekani no ko lākou kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o nā antioxidants a me omega-6'eleʻa momona, kahi e manaʻoʻia e palekana i ke ola o ka naʻau, ka cholesterol haʻahaʻa, a me ke kōkua i ka paleʻana i nā maʻi.
Uaʻikeʻia kahi haʻawina i paʻiʻia ma ka pukeʻo Kepakemapa 2001 o ka Journal of Nutrition i kaʻaiʻana i kahi lima o nā pekena i kēlā lā i kēia lā he mau cholesterol e like me ka lāʻau cholesterol maʻamau.
He kiʻekiʻe hoʻi nā pecans i loko o ka protein a me ka fiber i ka haʻahaʻa i loko o ka momona momona, kahi i lilo ai lākou i punahele kumu waiwai'ē aʻe no nā mea kanu.
He kiʻekiʻe hoʻi nā pecans i nā huaora a me nā mineral e pili ana i ka thiamin, magnesium, phosphorus, a me manganese.
Pehea e kūʻai ai a kūʻai aku i nā Pecans
Ke kūʻaiʻana i nā pekani i loko o ka pūpū, e nānā i nā'ōpū e leʻoleʻa,ʻaʻole i hōʻinoʻia, aʻaʻahu i ke kapa. E nānā i nā pekans e nānā aku i ka lehu,ʻaʻahu i keʻano,ʻaʻole e maloʻo a'ōpala paha.
Ma hope o ke kūʻaiʻana, hiki ke mālamaʻia i nā pekani ma kahi maloʻo a maloʻo no nā mahina he 12 me ka paleʻole i ka hanu hou. Pono e mālamaʻia nā pekani i loko o ka pahu hauākele aiʻole ka pahu pāʻani a me kahi pahu wai maloʻo. Hiki ke mālama houʻia nā pecans i mālamaʻia i loko o ka pahu hau no nā mahinaʻeiwa, aʻo nā mea i mālamaʻia i loko o ka paʻukūmahi e mālama mau noʻelua makahiki. Hiki ke hoʻohaʻuluaʻia nā pekani painati a hoʻomaha pinepineʻia me kaʻaeʻole i ka meaʻono a me keʻano. Pono e mālama ponoʻia nā pekani i kahi mahana wela o nā lumiʻelua a hiki i nā mahinaʻelua a pono mau i loko o kahi pahu e paʻa ai ka ea e pale ai i ka wai a me nā meaʻeha.
Loaʻa Pecan
ʻOiai e hōʻiliʻiliʻia nā puaʻa i loko o nā malama o ka mahina, e hiki mai ana lākou no ka kūʻaiʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā supermarkets nui e lawe i nā pecans, inā holo a piha ai. Hoʻokomo pinepineʻia nā Pekani i ka wahī me nā huaʻokoʻa a me ka hanaʻana i nā kāhili.
ʻO ka pecans kekahi mea laulā no ka pahu nui me nā hua a me nā mea maloʻo. I loko o nā mahina hoʻomaha, ua maʻa mau nā pekani i ka waiwai nui no ka mea he mea kaulana ia no nā meaʻai a me nā pōʻino.