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> Any thoughts would be appreciated because I am one of those people who
LOVES
> cashews and haven't had one for years.  Are cashews problematic for paleo
> eaters in ways other than just the roasting?  Do they carry fungus,
> aflatoxins, etc?

i have said it before . cashews are edible in their raw state , really raw .
raw cashews are not commercialised except by the instincto coop in France or
more recently by a raw american company .
i have cashews in the shell here and i open them for my children using a
pipe cutter.( it can be done also with a simple knife ). neither i or my
childrens had any reaction touching a little bit of the oil .In india i
learned that children bury them to harvest them after the first rains
,sprouted .
commercial cashews are awfull because of the process of extraction (
chemical solvants and high heat ) and are also grown with help of DDT.i was
in the region of production in  kerala and the natural farm i visited told
me what was going on in the  surounding fields and the processing  plant .
i ate his cashews fresh from the tree ( fruit and nut ) and they are grown
easelly without chemicals in the context of a natural farm . his farm was an
oasis in the middle of a desert where only cashews and coconuts on bare
white sand could grow .( even the weeds where not there .his soil had a
layer of humus and a multistory vegetation.
so yes cashews are paleo  but unless you can have access to in shell ones or
at least really raw i will not recommend using them too much .
a really raw cashew have its skin on .
jean-claude