🦃美國感恩節餐盤系列之【胡桃】知多少
每年11月的第四個星期四是美國的感恩節，感恩節這天是親朋好友相聚共享傳統美食，對生活中美好事物表達感謝的重要節日。美國感恩節的經典菜色以北美當地原生食物為主，包括火雞、蔓越莓醬、馬鈴薯泥和胡桃派！AIT也準備了一些有趣的胡桃小常識來跟台灣朋友們分享這項傳統！
✅美國在2019年出口了將近9千萬美元的胡桃到台灣。
✅美國是世界上最大的胡桃生產國，2019年美國出口了90億美元的胡桃。
✅胡桃是北美洲唯一的原生堅果樹。
✅胡桃「pecan」這個字源自北美印地安語 (阿岡昆族) 的「pacane」，意思是「要用石頭才能敲開的堅果」。
✅胡桃樹需要7到10年才能長成適合收果的成年樹木，在那之後可以連續結果很長一段時間，甚至長達100年以上。
✅喬治亞州是美國胡桃的最大生產地，2016年產值將近2億美元。新墨西哥州則是緊跟在後。
🦃America’s Thanksgiving Table #4 PECANS
Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving in the United States is a time to gather with family and friends, share a traditional meal and express gratitude for the good things in life.
Thanksgiving revolves around foods native to the Americas: turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and pecan pie! AIT has prepared some fun facts about pecans to introduce this Thanksgiving tradition with Taiwan friends!
✅The United States exported nearly $90 million in pecans to Taiwan in 2019.
✅The United States is the world’s largest pecan-producing country and exported $9 billion in pecans in 2019.
✅The pecan is the only tree nut native to North America.
✅The name “pecan” is derived from the Native American (Algonquin) word “pacane” that described “nuts requiring a stone to crack.”
✅It takes between 7 to 10 years before a pecan tree begins to produce a full supply of nuts. But once the process starts, the tree can produce for a very long time, sometimes more than 100 years.
✅Georgia is the number one grower of U.S. pecans – producing almost $200 million worth in 2016. New Mexico is a close second.
