Why do they sell other nuts with their shells, but you never see cashews being sold in their shell?
2006-08-26 07:40:48 · 11 answers · asked by Cambion Chadeauwaulker 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
And has anybody ever seen a cashew shell to know what it looks like?
2006-08-26 07:43:57 · update #1
I am from the Southern part of India. We have lots and lots of Cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale), Cashew Nuts and Cashew fruit there. Essentially it is the raw cashew pod that can harm you. It is by no means poisonous (in the sense that it can kill you ). If one gets the raw cashew pod fluid on your skin it will burn the skin (cause dermatitis in hypersensitive people). This simply is the maximum it will do. Again this happens only when the Cashew Pods are raw (green or unripe). Even though this is the case raw Cashew nuts are a delicacy in many cuisines all over the world. It can be used by roasting it when plucked raw. It is only after the Cashew fruit has ripened and the Cashew Pod has hardened and dried that we get the Cashew nuts as we see them in the markets. This the dry Nuts as we know.
This acidic oils within the Cashew Pod is what makes it impossible to sell the Cashew nuts with its pods. You will surely find this pod and the nut within sold all over in the Southern Indian State called Kerala.
2006-08-26 08:08:21 · answer #1 · answered by ArnieSchivaSchangaran 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have the cashew shell has to be open very carefully because they are very poison and if not open right the poison can go in the nut and can actually kill you. and that is why you don't see cashews in a shell.
2006-08-26 14:44:46 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen a cashew shell. Nice question though!
2006-08-26 14:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by Steph :-) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe i sound really stupid or something saying this, but i always thought and believe was told that a cashew is picked from a particular fruit that either is very bitter or isn't edible....but then again the shell of other nuts aren't edible either...good question...sorry i'm not much help...
2006-08-26 14:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by ONTHERISE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because theyre a pod that grows below a cashew apple.Theyre not a nut by the normal terms and the shell has an acidic base
2006-08-26 14:43:07 · answer #5 · answered by aggravatingprick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the oil from the cashew shell is poisoness.
2006-08-26 14:41:59 · answer #6 · answered by skyeblue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://dermnetnz.org/dermatitis/plants/cashew.html
2006-08-26 14:44:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they dont have shells there a fruit
2006-08-26 14:47:33 · answer #8 · answered by diggin_thedirt 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no now that you ask...do wheatnuts grow on wheat trees?
2006-08-26 15:20:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no maybe they dont have shells
2006-08-26 15:08:23 · answer #10 · answered by loretta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋