Don, the subject was discussed and explained in this channel 4 programme here in the UK
there's a clip from the part about cashews too [hope you can watch it abroad]
see - http://www.channel4.com/programmes/food-unwrapped/episode-guide/series-2/episode-3
HTH
Dedy
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From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 20 Aug. 2013 22:34 Subject: [PALEOFOOD] are cashews paleo?
> Some years back there was a lot of discussion on whether cashews were
> paleo. I don't remember it all. Following Neanderthin to be paleo the
> food has to be edible raw. But raw cashews are readily available. Or
> are they not really raw?
>
> I'm looking for a couple sentences on this for a web page I'm working on.