2006-09-09 05:50:26 · 6 answers · asked by urbanbutterfly 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It consists of a double shell containing a caustic phenolic resin in honeycomb-like cells, enclosing the edible kidney-shaped kernel. An interesting feature of the cashew is that the nut develops first and when it is full-grown but not yet ripe, its peduncle or, more technically, receptacle, fills out, becomes plump, fleshy, pear-shaped or rhomboid-to-ovate, 2 to 4 1/2 in (5-11.25 cm) in length, with waxy, yellow, red, or red-and-yellow skin and spongy, fibrous, very juicy, astringent, acid to subacid, yellow pulp. Thus is formed the conspicuous, so-called cashew apple.
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2006-09-09 05:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by Irina C 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cashews don't come from "shells" do they? Well I think its more like a skin. The cashew is more like the seed of a fruit than like a nut.
2006-09-09 12:55:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several pictures of cashews on this site http://www.thenutfactory.com/kitchen/facts/facts-cashews.html
If you don't like this one then type in cashew and many sites will be at your finger tips. hope that I was some help.
2006-09-09 13:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by carmen d 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks like a tulip
2006-09-09 13:19:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a pod. Not a shell.
2006-09-09 12:52:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?search=picture+of+a+cashew+shell&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&search_type=http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=Av2nAeBqP_U7FJxBYjhL_XAazKIX/SIG=111gjvvgj/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search&p=picture%20of%20a%20cashew%20shell&fr2=tab-web
2006-09-09 13:08:58 · answer #6 · answered by crazy2have3kids 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋