Lurisia Dale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> Why do you consider cashews unpaleo?
>>
>> Fredrik
>
>From _NeanderThin_ (p 71):
>
>"And the cashew, though a nut, is not edible raw.  The cashew, a relative
>of the poison ivy plant, must be heated to neutralize the highly
>irritating oil in its shell before the nut can be extracted and eaten and
>thus is not allowed on NeanderThin."

I have Ray's book. Most of it I like, but some of his statements apparently
aren't true. Check the archives. Here's two posts by Jean-Claude about
eating cashews, and the difference between a paleo and a non-paleo cashew:

http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind9911 6L=paleofood&P=R11157
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind0003&L=paleofood&P=R5179

Fredrik