National Pistachio Day in USA
In the culinary, pistachios are reckoned among nuts; however, considering botany, we come to conclusion that the pistachio is a seed of stone fruit of bush or sumach tree. The birth land of pistachios is Asia; however, nowadays they are widespread also in Mediterranean, Northeast Africa, Central and Northern (Texas, California) America.
Pistachio nuts obtain high food-value, as edible ones they are used for more than 2.5 thousand years. Pistachios are eaten being racy, fried, or saline, used for preparation of confectionery. Pistachio seeds are recommended for usage if you have significant and mental activities, because they possess general strengthening and restorative effect.
United States of America enters the top-10 rating of the largest producers of pistachio nuts in the world. The main plantations are situated in states with warm semi-dried climate – in California and in southern Texas.
By the way, ten days before National Pistachio Day in USA, National Almond Day is celebrated. The almond, as well as pistachio, in USA is cultivated in California.
