I love cashew nuts. I am one of those evil persons that picks through the can of mixed nuts and eats all of the cashews. Don't tell my husband, he thinks it is the kids.
Although I have eaten my share of cashews, I never even thought about where they came from and how they grew. Have you?
On a stint to Honduras, I was in a market and saw a fruit that I had never seen before. It was a deep red and yellow with a bright green protrusion at one end that looked like a parrots beak. Upon inquiry, I was told it was a cashew apple.

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