A small nut with a beige shell that you crack with your fingers. Inside is a green kernel, a little sweet, a little oily, with a taste that is hard to mix up once you know it.

A small nut with a beige shell that you crack with your fingers是一種有米色外殼、用手指就能剝開的小堅果。Inside裡面 is a green kernel是綠色的果仁 a little sweet, a little oily帶點甜、帶點油 with a taste that is hard to mix up once you know it嚐過一次以後，那味道就很難跟別的搞混。

People eat them from a bag, fold them into ice cream and cakes, or grind them into a paste for desserts. The pale green of the nut is also used as a colour name: pistachio green.

People eat them from a bag大家會直接從袋子裡拿出來吃 fold them into ice cream and cakes拌進冰淇淋和蛋糕裡 or grind them into a paste for desserts或磨成醬用來做甜點。The pale green of the nut is also used as a colour name這種堅果淡淡的綠色也被拿來當顏色名稱 pistachio green就是「開心果綠」。

You can buy them roasted and salted, or raw for cooking. Though actually, what we call a nut in the kitchen is the seed of the pistachio tree; the pretty shell is not the part you eat.

You can buy them roasted and salted你可以買烤過加鹽的 or raw for cooking或是生的拿來煮菜用。Though actually不過其實 what we call a nut in the kitchen廚房裡說的這個「堅果」 is the seed of the pistachio tree是開心果樹的種子 the pretty shell is not the part you eat那漂亮的外殼並不是你吃的部分。

They are not the same as pine nuts, peanuts, or green pumpkin seeds, even though all of those can look small and snacky in a bowl.

They are not the same as pine nuts, peanuts, or green pumpkin seeds它們跟松子、花生、綠色南瓜籽都不一樣 even though all of those can look small and snacky in a bowl即使裝在碗裡看起來都是差不多的小零嘴。