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If you can, stop what you’re doing and do a google image search for “how cashews grow” right now.

Like.  What is this bullshit???

WHAT THE FUCK

fun fact about cashews actually!! they’re technically the seeds of the cashew apple you see above them there as opposed to being a nut and they’re incredibly poisonous (they’ve got the same sort of acid that is found in poison ivy) if you eat them raw which is why stores always carry them roasted and unshelled 

for scale of how big these suckers actually are too here’s one in my adult hand

Are cashew apples edible?

yes! if you eat them at the right time they can be very sweet and juicy but for the most part they seem to be relatively bitter and acidic so it’s sort of an acquired taste but they have incredibly fragile skins so they don’t ship very well which is probably why you won’t see them outside of places like central america 

#fun fact! in tamil we have a word ‘முந்திரிகோட்டை’  #which is an insult (translated it basically just ‘cashew seed’)  #but it’s a mild insult here bc it means your brain is outside your head lol (i.e. you’re stupid)  #eat the hell 

can we talk about how fantastic this is please 

this is wild because I knew cashew juice before i knew cashew nuts?

Cashew juice is pretty much a staple here in brazil, i didn’t even knew they came from the same plant/fruit for the longest time. Just… lol? They even sell concentrates, cashew juice concentrates are a dime a dozen, or at least were before the crisis, idek anymore

Fun additional fact: “raw” cashews aren’t raw. Nobody sells raw cashews because there’s a chance of killing someone. They’re steamed to destroy any accidentally left over toxins.

I like how this turned into a hilarious and informative post despite me knowing basically nothing about cashews except how weird they look when they’re growing.