Do you like cashews?

XiaZen said:

I get mine raw and fresh from the local market.

You're full of [censored]. Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Sheldon

This looks like a good article on cashews:
http://www.wisegeek.com/are-raw-cashews-really-poisonous.htm

It turns out to be a question of how the word "raw" is used. Until this
moment, I thought I'd been eating raw cashews with no ill effect. It
turns out that the cashews that are sold as raw are really steamed. Who
knew and go figure.

--Lia

Julia Altshuler said:

This looks like a good article on cashews:http://www.wisegeek.com/are-raw-cashews-really-poisonous.htm

It's actually not very accurate. Cashews are roasted while in the
shell immediately as picked in the field in order to render the poison
in the shell harmless so that they can be handled to remove the
shell... in doing so the edible cashew gets roasted too.

Quoted message said:

It turns out to be a question of how the word "raw" is used.

Raw is raw... no mystery.

Until this

Quoted message said:

moment, I thought I'd been eating raw cashews with no ill effect.  It
turns out that the cashews that are sold as raw are really steamed.  Who
knew and go figure.

They may be steamed (don't know whatever for) but first they were
roasted... perhaps in the steaming the visual evidence of the roasting
is somehow removed so that healthfood idiots (there is no such thing
as healthfood) will believe they are eating raw.

I've been to a cashew plantation in Belize. The nuts are roasted over
very hot fires within seconds of harvest. The smoke is highly toxic
so it is very important to be upwind and wear protective clothing.
Harvesting cashews is indeed a hellish job, why cashews are so
expensive. The best part of the cashew is the cashew apple... makes
excellent wine.

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

XiaZen said:

I get mine raw and fresh from the local market.

You're full of [censored]. Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Sheldon

Maybe you're full of [censored], Sheldon. There are cashews sold as "raw cashews" that
are indeed not raw. They are steamed but not roasted. There are apparently also
completely raw cashews. The toxin is urushiol, the same thing as in poison ivy.
It is in the shell, but not the nut. Normally during shelling, the nut is
contaminated, so it must be cooked. There are vendors selling cashews that they
claim are truly raw, shelled in a way that doesn't contaminate the nut with
urushiol. I don't know if this is true or not. Here is one site of many (that
all seem to have the same source) that sell truly raw cashews.

http://www.living-foods.com/articles/rawcashew.html

I have a cashew tree growing right in my own living room. I grew it from seed (a
raw cashew nut in the shell). It came from my father's cashew tree in Miami. I
have eaten the fruit off my father's tree and it has a very nice flavor. Rather
than eating it, you are really just chewing on the fruit to get the juice out,
then you spit the pulp out. I guess you could juice them, but there were never
enough off that one tree to bother. Here is a picture of my tree, which is now
2-1/2 years old. The tree is about 18 inches tall now:

http://i9.tinypic.com/525vnnb.jpg

My cashew tree will never bear fruit and can never be planted outside, since it
is a tropical tree. I'm not sure how big it will get, but obviously no taller
than my eight foot ceilings. There's not a whole lot of gardening advice on
growing cashew trees indoors as a houseplant.

When my tree was sprouting, it looked much like the ones on this page:

http://www.rawfood.com/cashews.html

A fairly complete description of the cashew tree:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

Sheldon said:

XiaZen said:

I get mine raw and fresh from the local market.

You're full of [censored]. Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Raw cashew nuts are not poisonous at all. Their shell, is. And
it's perfectly legit to get them "raw", where they are steamed to
open them, which destroys any poison residues.

Stick with me Sheldon, you might actually learn something. But
you'd still be spouting the same lies since you'll never learn
anything.

-sw

wff_ng_7 said:

Maybe you're full of [censored], Sheldon.

Maybe? Certainly you've been here long enough to leave off the
"maybe" part.

Quoted message said:

I have a cashew tree growing right in my own living room...

http://i9.tinypic.com/525vnnb.jpg

Looks like an avocado.

-sw

In article <[email hidden]>,

XiaoZhen said:

I love them. I get mine raw and fresh from the local market,
microwave them on high for 1 minute and then medium for 3 to 4
minutes, tossing them frequently (to prevent burning and to achieve a
golden hue).

No need to add salt or oil. This way you can taste the fragrance of
the cashew nuts. And think about the extra fats and salt you have
eliminated.

You can do the same for Almond nuts, Pumkim seeds, Sunflower seeds.
They taste equally great.

Great idea, thanks! We'll have plenty of pumpkin and squash seeds in
the fall so I can try that then. 🙂

Steve Wertz said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Maybe you're full of [censored], Sheldon.

Maybe? Certainly you've been here long enough to leave off the
"maybe" part.

I was trying to be "diplomatic"! ;-)

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Quoted message said:

I have a cashew tree growing right in my own living room...

http://i9.tinypic.com/525vnnb.jpg

Looks like an avocado.

I guess it does, now that you mention it. Avocado trees get a whole lot bigger
than cashew trees. My father didn't have an avocado tree, but there was one in
his next door neighbor's back yard. My father grew a lot of different tropical
trees besides cashew, including sugar apple, mango and sapodilla. He also grew
bananas and several kinds of citrus including orange, grapefruit, lemon and
lime.

Sapodilla is one of the more interesting ones. It has a very unusual fruit that
roughly looks like a russet potato. The fruit has a very different taste and
texture. Sapodilla trees are also the source of chicle, which was used in
chewing gum... Chiclets. The IBM PCjr chiclet keyboard however is artificial,
not from the sapodilla tree! ;-)

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wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

wff_ng_7 said:

Sheldon said:

XiaZen said:

I get mine raw and fresh from the local market.

Quoted message said:

You're full of [censored].  Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Quoted message said:

Sheldon

Maybe you're full of [censored], Sheldon. There are cashews sold as "raw cashews" that
are indeed not raw.

I know you're an ignorant douche bag but are you retarded too.

Sheldon said:

Quoted message said:

"wff_ng_7" wrote:

Sheldon said:

You're full of [censored]. �Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Sheldon

Maybe you're full of [censored], Sheldon. There are cashews sold as "raw cashews"
that
are indeed not raw.

I know you're an ignorant douche bag but are you retarded too.

Once again, Sheldon demonstrates his stupidity as he has on so many other
subjects. I should keep a list, but I don't have any paper that long.

It's a new twist on the old saying: "You can lead a horse to water, but you
can't make him drink". In Sheldon's case, it's: "You can take a moron to the
library, but you can't make him read". I provided him with more than enough
references on the topic, but as usual he can't be bothered with them. After all,
he thinks he knows it all.

I wonder what inaccurate information the old windbag will come up with next. One
never has to wait very long to find out.

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

XiaoZhen said...

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I love them.

They're my favorite nut too!

Every so often (I don't understand if it's seasonal or regional), I find tubs
(about 4-cup sized) of JUMBO cashews!!! Side by side they make regular
cashews look laughable.

I don't mind the cashew oil. It helps keep my coat shiny. 😉

Andy

Andy q said:

XiaoZhen said...

Quoted message said:

I love them.

They're my favorite nut too!

Every so often (I don't understand if it's seasonal or regional), I find tubs
(about 4-cup sized) of JUMBO cashews!!! Side by side they make regular
cashews look laughable.

I don't mind the cashew oil. It helps keep my coat shiny. 😉

Andy

The oil that commercial cashew nuts have are some kind of vegetable
oil. Sometimes they make the cashew smell.
Maybe you are talking about a different oil?
I haven't seen Jumbo-sized too. Where can I find them? Thanks.

Sheldon said:

XiaZen said:

?I get mine raw and fresh from the local market.

You're full of [censored]. Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Sheldon

Wow, I felt so uneasy when I opened up and saw this first message. I
still do now after going through the rest.

Thanks for enlightening me , especially those that follows.

I have a question, Why do some individuals react this way, while
trying to correct someone else's "mistake" or "just because your
opinion differ"?

This is what I am teaching my young children not to do. There is no
need to insult or saying hurting words, to get your point across.

In article said:

Sheldon said:

XiaZen said:

I get mine raw and fresh from the local market.

You're full of [censored]. Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Raw cashew nuts are not poisonous at all. Their shell, is. And
it's perfectly legit to get them "raw", where they are steamed to
open them, which destroys any poison residues.

Couple of friends of mine have been working on cashew production
(growing the things) over the past several years. They bring some raw
kernels in for smoko in season. They (the kernels) are not bad to eat
raw, but I prefer them roasted and salted! :-)

The raw kernels are fairly white, but they can get brownish stains
from the oil from the shells due to the low tech shelling procedure
used by these blokes. So one has to be a bit selective when sampling
the things -- you really don't want to eat any of those stained
portions!

One way of handling the things on the domestic scene is to freeze them
before shelling. If you don't try to do too many in one batch this
works okay -- the corrosive oil remains safely frozen in the shells
for awhile, but not for long! My personal recommendation would be to
buy the commercially processed raw kernels rather than stuff around
half the day to glean a few dollars worth yourself! (But I admit
that if I had a couple of cashew trees in the yard, I'd probably be
curious enough to give it a go -- I'm not a cat after all. ;-)

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Stick with me Sheldon, you might actually learn something. But
you'd still be spouting the same lies since you'll never learn
anything.

Cheers, Phred.

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XiaoZhen said...

Quoted message said:

On May 16, 2:00 am, Andy <q> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I don't mind the cashew oil. It helps keep my coat shiny. 😉

Andy

The oil that commercial cashew nuts have are some kind of vegetable
oil. Sometimes they make the cashew smell.
Maybe you are talking about a different oil?

No, I just figure cashews contain cashew oil.

Quoted message said:

I haven't seen Jumbo-sized too. Where can I find them? Thanks.

http://www.google.com/search?q=jumbo+cashews

Andy

XiaoZhen so bravely stated:

Quoted message said:

Sheldon said:

XiaZen said:

?I get mine raw and fresh from the local market.

You're full of [censored]. Raw cashew nuts are highly poisonous... IDIOT!

Sheldon

Wow, I felt so uneasy when I opened up and saw this first message. I
still do now after going through the rest.

Thanks for enlightening me , especially those that follows.

I have a question, Why do some individuals react this way, while
trying to correct someone else's "mistake" or "just because your
opinion differ"?

This is what I am teaching my young children not to do. There is no
need to insult or saying hurting words, to get your point across.

Don't forget that there are people like Sheldon in the world and it's a
good idea to let your children know this someday. He holds no particular
animosity towards you, he holds a peculiar animosity towards almost
*everyone*.

I have to admit that he causes a lot of research on the part of others
who attempt to prove him wrong. But you'll only point out his error to
others and never to Sheldon himself for he is a caustic bore.

--
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't hold his head under 'til
the bubbles stop.
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<<XX>:> Buddy

Yes.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Come to the edge, Life said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, Life said.
They came.
Life pushed them...and they flew."
-Guillaume Apollinaire-

XiaoZhen said:

On May 15, 10:39 pm, Sheldon <[email hidden]> wrote:

[who cares what Sheldumb wrote?]

Quoted message said:

I have a question, Why do some individuals react this way, while
trying to correct someone else's "mistake" or "just because your
opinion differ"?

If you mean Sheldon, he craves attention. Being an ass gets him more
attention than being nice.

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Default User said:

If you mean Sheldon, he craves attention. Being an ass gets him more
attention than being nice.

And that's why Gregory Morrow follows him around, collecting
crumbs.

-sw