On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Justin Hasselman wrote: > Another question: Is Spinach paleo? I'm guessing it is, but I'm making sure > it's not one that falls through the cracks (kinda like when I learned > cashews were legumes, not nuts). Actually, cashews are real nuts, not legumes. They are considered non-paleo because the shell has a caustic coating that makes it difficult to extract the nut. The theory is that this means that paleo people would not have been able to eat them. In addition, I think cashews may be a New World food. Some people exclude all New World foods from the paleodiet. Todd Moody PS Spinach is paleo.