# Cashews on the Tree!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashews-on-the-tree/417820>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 2, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashews-on-the-tree/417820 "2007-09-02T17:55:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashews-on-the-tree/417820/1 "2007-09-02T17:55:39Z")

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[Beautiful Picture](http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2007/09/anacardium_occidentale.php#002261)

I’ve always wondered what these looked like, but somehow never got around to digging up a pic.  
MPS? Yes! But now I know.

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**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashews-on-the-tree/417820/2 "2007-09-02T18:03:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Squink]  
[Beautiful Picture](http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2007/09/anacardium_occidentale.php#002261)

I’ve always wondered what these looked like, but somehow never got around to digging up a pic.  
MPS? Yes! But now I know.  
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Huh. That is really pretty. I had no clue.

ETA: Has anyone here ever had a cashew apple?

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashews-on-the-tree/417820/3 "2007-09-02T23:08:16Z")

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Very nice.

I’ve read that treatment for severe poison ivy exposure includes avoiding cashews. Now it’s clear why.

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashews-on-the-tree/417820/4 "2007-09-03T00:31:37Z")

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Wow, it really must be labor intensive to get them. Hmmmmm. That’s why they taste so good. Sweat of underpaid and overworked laborers.

I too am curious as to how the apples taste. I’d be willing to give one a try.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashews-on-the-tree/417820/5 "2007-09-03T01:02:15Z")

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Another one of those foods you have to ask, who was the first brave soul to eat one?