>On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Enid Headley wrote:
>
>> Just a quick question...I know that peanuts and cashews are supposed to
be a
>> no-no, but if they can be eaten raw.......what is the reasoning??  I'm
not a
>> fanatic about cashews...but I love peanuts!!!
>
>The reasoning is faulty.  Peanuts and cashews are edible raw.
>Some who prefer to avoid New World foods may choose to avoid
>peanuts (and tomatoes, etc.) for that reason, but plenty do not
>choose to avoid New World foods.  Cashews grow in pods that have
>a caustic substance, but the nuts themselves are edible raw.

it is true cashews are edible raw but the quality available commercially are
far from being paleo considering the differents treatments they go
hru.( chemical solvents to extract thm bleached etc... i have  untreated raw
cashews and what a difference! the skin of the nuts are on ...

jean-claude