
ʻO Walnuts, i mahalo ʻia ma ke ʻano he "hua hoʻoikaika lolo" a i ʻole "hua lōʻihi," me ko lākou hiʻohiʻona intricately grooved e like me ka lolo liʻiliʻi, paʻa i kahi hanohano i ka naʻauao olakino kuʻuna o ka Hikina a me ka meaʻai o ke Komohana. ʻAʻole lākou he nati wale nō, akā he hōʻailona e lawe ana i ka naʻauao kahiko a me ka waiwai o ke ʻano.
Hoʻokomo ʻia nā Walnuts i loko o kahi pūpū lāʻau paʻakikī. Ma hope o ka wehe ʻia ʻana, he mea kupanaha ko lākou ʻano—ʻelua ʻano ʻano ʻano ʻano pohihihi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, uhi ʻia me ka ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula, ʻawaʻawa iki aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo loko e hōʻike ana i ka ʻiʻo keʻokeʻo a hiki i ka ʻiʻo melemele ʻeleʻele me ke ʻano o ka lolo.
• Kikokikona: He ʻano ʻano koʻikoʻi nā walnuts hou, ʻaʻole naʻe ka ʻaila o ka nati macadamia; akā, ʻoi aku ka paʻa, ʻoi aku ka fibrous crunch.
• ʻAla: He paʻakikī ko lākou ʻono a he papa. ʻO ka ʻono mua he mea ʻala lāʻau kū hoʻokahi me kahi hint o ka ʻawaʻawa, ka mea nui mai ka ʻaʻahu hua waiwai antioxidant; ma hope o ka nau ʻana, hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi ʻala ʻaila momona momona a me kahi ʻono maʻalahi, ka hopena i kahi ʻono palupalu a paʻa, piha i ka hohonu lepo.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā Walnuts ma Peresia (ʻo Iran i kēia manawa) a ua hoʻolauna ʻia i Kina a me ʻEulopa ma o ke alanui Silk, e kaena ana i ka mōʻaukala o ka hoʻohana ʻana ma mua o hoʻokahi kaukani makahiki.
• Hikina Hikina: Ma ka moʻomeheu olakino Kina, ma muli o ko lākou ʻano like me ka lolo o ke kanaka, ua manaʻoʻiʻo lōʻihi lākou e "hanai i ka lolo a hoʻonui i ka naʻauao" e pili ana i ke kumu o "like cures like." Hoʻohana nui ʻia lākou i nā meaʻai lāʻau lapaʻau, nā porridges, a me nā hoʻomākaukau tonic, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻomehana ʻana a me ka hānai ʻana i ke kino i ka hāʻule a me ka hoʻoilo.
• Ka Manaʻo Komohana: Ma ka moʻomeheu Komohana, he hōʻailona ka walnuts o ka nui a me ka naʻauao, i ʻike pinepine ʻia i nā hoʻolauleʻa hoʻomaha (e like me nā lole Kalikimaka a me nā pastries) a me ka kuke ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, e hōʻike ana i ka mehana a me ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻohana.
ʻO Walnuts kekahi o nā meaʻai nui loa, i kapa ʻia ʻo "brain gold" o ke aupuni mea kanu:
• ʻO Omega-3 Champion: Loaʻa iā lākou ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa o ka alpha-linolenic acid (kahi mea kanu Omega-3) ma waena o nā huaʻai maʻamau, he mea koʻikoʻi ia no ka olakino lolo, ka ʻōnaehana cardiovascular, a me nā hana anti-inflammatory. • He waihona waiwai o nā antioxidants: ʻOi aku ka nui o ka ʻaʻahu hua e uhi ana i ka kernel, kahi waiwai i nā antioxidants ikaika e like me polyphenols a me ka melatonin, e pale ana i nā cell mai ka pōʻino.
• Nā meaʻai meaʻai piha: Hāʻawi pū ia i ka protein mea kanu kiʻekiʻe, fiber dietary, vitamin E, magnesium, copper, a me ka zinc, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
He mea hoʻohana maʻalahi e hoʻopili ai i nā meaʻai hikina a me ke Komohana, he ākea ākea ka hiki ke hoʻololi i ka meaʻai, kūpono i nā kīʻaha ʻono a me nā mea ʻono, a me nā mea ʻai Kina a me Western.
1. ʻAi pololei: ʻO kekahi mau kernels i kēlā me kēia lā ke ala maʻalahi a maʻamau e hānai i ke kino. Hiki i ka ʻala māmā ke hoʻonui i ka ʻala a hoʻemi i ka ʻawaʻawa.
2. Ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka meaʻai Kina: He mea nui ia i nā mea ʻai kuʻuna e like me ka porridge waiwai ʻewalu, ka paʻi wōnati, a me nā lā i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka walnuts. Hoʻohana mau ʻia ia i nā kīʻaha anu (e like me ka spinach me ka walnuts), nā sopa, a ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohui i ka hoʻoulu ʻana (e like me ka celery a me ka lilia i hoʻomoʻi ʻia me ka walnuts), e hoʻohui i ke ʻano a me ka meaʻai.
3. ʻO ka kuke ʻana o ke komohana a me nā mea ʻono: He hui maʻamau i ka berena wōnati maiʻa, brownies, kuki, a me nā pralines. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he saladi ʻai a i ʻole i hana ʻia i ka pata wōnati (e like me ka pata pīni).
4. Nā ʻaila a me nā mea inu: He ʻono kūʻokoʻa ka ʻaila wōnati i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke anu anuanu a me kahi wahi uahi haʻahaʻa, e lilo ia i ʻaila kiʻekiʻe no nā salakeke. ʻO ka waiu Walnut a me nā mea inu wōnati kekahi mau mea inu protein e pili ana i nā mea kanu.