Among a big variety of nuts only one is called royal. It is a macadamia nut. The homeland of a nut tree is Australia. Natives consider a macadamia a sacred tree for ability of its fruits to cure diseases.
History of opening of royal nut
Macadamia – a surprising tree on which royal nuts grow. Europeans for the first time learned about a macadamia in the 19th century thanks to the German botanist Ferdinand Mueller who was engaged in studying the nature of the Australian continent. Ferdinand Mueller held a post of the director of the Royal botanical garden in Melbourne. At the description of flora of Australia the scientist called a nut tree by the name of the friend John Makadam who wasn't either a biologist, or the botanist, and was engaged in chemistry. Also John Makadam was well-known as the political figure.
As makadamsky nut grows
The tree of a macadamia begins to fructify only in eight years from the beginning of landing. Life expectancy of a tree can reach hundred years. In height it grows to 15 meters.
In the early spring it blossoms in white, pink, violet colors. Inflorescences are collected in brushes which gracefully hang down down. When this tree blossoms, air is filled with sweet aroma around.
Its fruits ripen within six months. At first on a tree green balls with a diameter about two centimeters appear. In process of maturing, nut drops out of an external peel on the earth.
The shell of this fruit differs in special hardness. To get a kernel, nut is exposed to industrial processing. By means of mechanical production each nutlet is sawn. The cover of nut is cut by car with a special edge. Nuts with a cut break up a special key which surely is given upon their purchase.
Now the aura of distribution of a tree of a macadamia considerably extended. Nut becomes more and more popular food product around the world. It is grown up in the countries with tropical climate: Brazil, Mexico, Republic of South Africa, China, New Zealand. Big plantations of this unique nut are concentrated on the Hawaiian Islands. The United States of America began to be engaged in crops of a nut tree in states Florida and California.
Useful properties of nut
Exotic makadamsky nutlets are famous for remarkable taste and unique useful properties.
Content of vitamins and mineral substances in a macadamia 10 times more, than in other nuts. In spite of the fact that nut very high-calorie also contains a large amount of fats, it promotes clarification of blood vessels from cholesteric plaques. Also it helps to normalize sugar level in blood. The high content in nuts of potassium and magnesium promotes improvement of brain blood circulation, improves warmly – vascular activity of an organism.
The chemical composition of nuts containing vitamins, flavonoids, cellulose and mineral substances strengthens immunity and raises an organism tone.
Nutlets widely use in cookery. They are added to salads, by fish and seafood dishes. Makadamsky nuts impact unusual relish to vypechny products. With them cook pancakes, bake cookies and cakes, make desserts.
Macadamia – the most expensive nut in the world. The high price category which possesses these nuts, is explained by several reasons: labor input of charge and processings and also cost of delivery to the European continent.