Cashews that look like kidneys are favorite snacks for office girls.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the girls stretch, take out some bottles and bags from the drawers, eat some cashew snacks, make a cup of coffee and milk tea, and have an afternoon tea.

I still remember that a few years ago, every time a girl at the next table ate cashews, she would give me some, and she didn't forget to tell me,

"Zheng Otter, eat more cashews, which is rich in vitamins, can replenish physical strength, resist fatigue and protect the skin from ultraviolet damage."

the popularity of cashews is not only in the office, but also at the table.

At dinner, drink red wine and white wine, and order a plate of fried peanuts and cashews as a appetizer, which is perfect, durable and crisp, chewed in your mouth, and strong.

often when the wine is finished, the cashews are also eaten.

What many friends don't know is that cashews contain a lot of magnesium, which is just a supplement for drinkers.

People who drink regularly actually have a great demand for magnesium.

Alcohol will increase the loss of magnesium in the body. If the body loses too much magnesium, it will lead to decreased metabolism, hormonal imbalance and listlessness.

therefore, cashew nuts have always been in full swing.

It, together with hazelnut, walnut and almond, is called "the four biggest nuts in the world".

all mankind loves cashews!

You can imagine how walnuts and hazelnuts grow on trees, but you can't imagine how cashews grow on trees.

If you describe it to the girls, their eyes will be wider than those with Cosmetic Contact Lenses!

cashew nuts are really different!

aside, the cashew nuts we eat are just a seed with a hard shell outside.

Moreover, unlike walnuts and hazelnuts, it is a complete nut, and its color is off-white as we usually see.

What is even more surprising is that there is a "big tumor" behind the "ass" of cashew nuts.

It's huge and fat. It looks like an apple, but it's not like an apple. It's not like a red pepper. I can't say what it is. Anyway, we in China have never seen it.

However, it is also full of lens sense and attractive lighting.

Cashew, whose English name is Cashew.

There is a famous legend about the origin of its name.

Three hundred years ago, Indians liked to sell cashews on the beach. It was said that a coin could buy eight cashews, but in India at that time, the coin was called "Cashu".

the name of Cashew nuts became "cashinettu", which means coin nuts. Later, it gradually became the present name cashew.

But in fact, the English name of cashew nuts comes from Portuguese and comes from Brazil, the hometown of cashew nuts.

when the Portuguese conquered Brazil in the 16th century, they found that the local people liked to eat a kind of fruit called "Caju" (which means nuts that can reproduce themselves). Over time, "Caju" evolved into "Cashew".

Cashew nuts, like the "international chapter" in the entertainment industry, have gone from one country to the international, and then people all over the world like to eat them.

When the Portuguese discovered Brazil's delicious cashew nuts, they brought them to Mozambique in Africa for planting, which started the international star tour of cashew nuts.

Unexpectedly, cashew nuts in Africa are not acclimatized as expected, but they are thriving, which makes Portuguese people make huge profits.

So, people brought cashews to India, and as a result, cashews also soared in India.

Then, it quickly became popular in Thailand and Myanmar, countries between the Tropic of Cancer.

The tropical region once became an irresistible territory for cashews.

At present, India, Nigeria, Brazil and Vietnam are the main cashew nut producing areas.

Kollam, India, used to be the cashew capital of the world, producing 6% of the cashews in the world, but it was replaced by Vietnam, which used machines to produce cashews because of its low efficiency.

in other words, most of the nuts we usually eat are Made in Vietnam.

In China, cashew nuts have been planted in several provinces for decades, but for various reasons, the output has been unable to go up.

China, also known as Ledong County, is famous for its Ledong cashews.

Ledong County, known as the hometown of cashew nuts in China, is the first place to build a cashew nut production base in China.

The main reason is that cashew trees like warmth, but they are not cold-resistant, so they can't stand the cold wave and frost.

The largest cashew tree can grow to more than ten meters, and the short one is more than four meters, like a giant mushroom. Moreover, the wood can also be used for making furniture and shipbuilding.

cashew nuts can also produce gum, which can be used as food additives, such as cotton candy, chocolate and cola drinks.

Maybe you, like Zheng Otter and me, have always had a question, why have you never seen cashews with shells?

No matter what is sold in supermarkets or eaten in restaurants, cashews are all without shells, and there are no "original" cashews in the market.

Other nuts, such as hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts, have shells, which always makes people feel that cashews seem to be born naked.

In fact, cashews also have shells. The hardness of the shells and the difficulty of opening them are beyond your imagination.

then why have we never seen the shell of cashew nuts?

toxic!

You probably don't understand that there is a substance called cashew nut shell oil between cashew nut shell and cashew kernel, which is extremely toxic and highly corrosive. Some people once extracted this ingredient to poison it.

So, who dares to sell cashews with shells? Aren't you afraid that the police brother will invite you to tea?

But it's easy to understand. It's like a beautiful and enchanting rose with thorns all over its body. In order to protect cashew kernel, which is so delicious that it can't stop eating, nature has set a test for human beings: "Love even when you die".

At the same time, it also sets many problems for workers, how to safely remove the shell of cashews.

before the shelling machine was invented, the method of getting rid of the dregs was used.

firstly, dry cashew nuts with shells, then roast them on the fire, and then take out the cashew kernel after the shell oil of cashew nuts is completely volatilized, the shell bursts and cooled.

For quite a long time, cashew kernel (what we are eating now) was a delicacy eaten by upper-class aristocrats, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Because taking out cashew kernel is too expensive and dangerous, even if workers wear gloves, they will be poisoned to some extent.

At that time, owning a waist fruit tree was also a symbol of wealth status. Just as Zheng Xiaotu, my friend from Yunnan, said, as long as there is a Pu 'er tea tree, you will be worry-free all your life!

I don't need to say more about cashews as snacks.

The cashews we often eat in bags or cans are actually baked and fried in cashew kernel.

The most common way to eat cashews on the table is to put raw cashews in oil for a while, and then serve them as an appetizer.

At the same time, cashew nuts are often used as ingredients in Chinese dishes because of their special taste, such as fried cashew shrimp, diced chicken with celery and cashew nuts, fried vegetables with cashew nuts and lilies, and so on.

As an "international waist", cashew nuts are not only sought after in China's catering industry, but also popular in Asia, Europe, America and the whole world.

cashew nuts are often used in Southeast Asian cuisines, such as Vietnamese cuisine, Thai cuisine and Myanmar cuisine.

There is also a popular snack in Thailand, called Dongyingong Cashew, which is the fried cashew with Dongyingong flavor.

cashews are often mixed in Indian curry, which is particularly appetizing. Some cashews are also put in the famous Indian spicy rice.

as for western countries in Europe and America, cashews are also ground into jam to make cookies and cakes.

Westerners especially like the crunchiness of cashews, so there are chocolates and ice cream with cashew kernel.

I talked so much about cashew nuts, but I still ignored another delicious food on the cashew tree-cashew apples.

Cashew apple, also known as cashew pear.

As mentioned earlier, the pulp that grows on the butt of cashew nuts is formed by swelling the receptacle of cashew nuts.

Actually, it is also an edible fruit, which is sold as a fruit in cashew nut producing areas, such as Brazil and India.

It tastes sweet, sour and juicy, and it is also rich in vitamins. However, because of tannic acid, it tastes bitter, and Brazilians prefer to squeeze it into waist juice to drink.

cashew apples are usually sold only in the local market because they are easy to ferment and rot quickly.

However, cashew apples have another function, which is unexpected.

making wine!

Smart Indians will juice cashew apples and slightly ferment them to make a 15-degree alcoholic drink called ulak Urrack.

ulak can also be distilled to make 42.8-degree cashew wine, which is called Feni wine. Locals also like to drink it with lemonade or tonic water.

Tanzanians in Africa even dry cashew apples to make high-alcohol wine.

Well, there are so many unexpected stories about cashews that girls like to eat!