i've seen every other nut in the shell from almonds to brazil nuts and cocoa nuts. i have never seen a cashew in the shell?
2006-08-27 18:39:53 · 8 answers · asked by sillygoose 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
your answers are all so good! i think the one with the most informative answer is the one ill give thi10 pts to! thanks to all! i never knew the cashew nut was a seed.so why do WE call it a nut?
2006-08-28 04:18:15 · update #1
It is called a cashew apple. I grew up eatig them and they are wonderful. As you click on the link below, you will see a bright red and yellow fruit. That is the apple. attached to it you will see a kidney shaped pod. The cashew is inside the pod. The pd is cracked open and then roasted.
The fruit is never sold in the US because it spoils so quickly. I was fortunate enough to grow up in the tropics, and had the pleasure of enjoying this fruit right off the tree!
2006-08-27 18:45:09 · answer #1 · answered by makawao_kane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's dark in there. But I would imagine that it looks the same as a cashew outside the shell.
2006-08-27 18:45:46 · answer #2 · answered by MaqAtak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cashew is a SEED inside of a fruit, I often wondered this myself so I looked into it.
2006-08-27 18:46:13 · answer #3 · answered by jbc3d33 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cashews are technically a seed, therefore they don't have a shell. They are the seeds of the cashew apple, which is edible as well.
2006-08-27 19:06:07 · answer #4 · answered by jkautt 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=cashew++nut&ei=UTF-8&fr=ybr_sbc&x=wrt
third image in on the top row
2006-08-27 18:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by rcsanandreas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is of the same shape of the shell.it has got a small projection on the top .it is off white in colour
2006-08-27 18:51:19 · answer #6 · answered by raina_susan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=cashew%20shell&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
google image search
2006-08-27 18:43:37 · answer #7 · answered by doc2be 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean they don't grow in a can, already salted?
2006-08-27 18:57:30 · answer #8 · answered by Loc P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋