We will never complain about the price of Cashew Nuts again!

La Pepita de Maranon (Cashew Nut) Tree

Have you any idea how cashew nuts grow and how ridiculously difficult they are to harvest?!?!?!

Take a look at this video to find out:

Fruit on the tree

Cashew Apple and Nut

Fully ripened and fallen from the tree

This nut is ready to process

Being the hunter gatherers that we are, we were most excited to see the Cashew Nut tree in our yard when we arrived in Panama.  We dutifully took the photos above, to show you the process from tree to mouth.   Then we read up about how to process them.  The oils contained in the nut are very toxic to handle unless processed at very high temperatures.  Ummm, yeah nah!

We will never complain about the price of Cashew Nuts again!