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Poisonous cashew harvesting
Poisonous cashew harvesting








poisonous cashew harvesting

Today, the vast majority (upwards of 98%) of pistachios sold in the United States are grown and processed in California with much better harvesting and processing facilities than decades before in the Middle East. This all began to change in the 1970s when pistachios started to be grown in the U.S. Or you may hear dont fool me, cashew nuts are poisonous and can never be harvested without the use of high temperatures Well, actually, it is partially. However, everyone who worked at cashew processing got sick, and some died. To get around this, importers devised an idea to not only mask the blemishes, but also to help draw the eye to the pistachios, namely, dying them red. I did not see any evidence that they used chemicals for processing the cashews. These stains weren’t good for marketing purposes. The problem was that when they arrived, they tended to have numerous blemishes on the shells, particularly stains left over from the harvesting methods employed in the Middle East. Historically, most pistachios in the United States were imported from the Middle East. This chemical is what causes the poison ivy, oak, and sumac rashes. All of these mentioned plants produce a very small chemical called urushiol. This is the same family as mango, and also poison oak, poison ivy, and poison sumac. The tree can grow up to 30 meters tall with a trunk diameter of 1 meter. Problem 1: The cashew fruit is in the plant family Anacardiaceae. It is a member of the family Anacardiaceae which also includes poison ivy, mangoes and pistachios. Thus, the seeds must either be roasted at high temperatures to destroy the offending oil or, in the case of “raw” cashews, usually steamed and/or boiled in oils. The French Cashew Tree is a native of South America and is found in the tropical rain forests of Brazil. Eating true raw, unprocessed cashew seeds would result in you ingesting some of this urushiol, which, as mentioned, can potentially be fatal. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Lana Del Rey, Ice Spice, Paramore, Kelela, Veeze and others make our critic’s evolving list of 2023’s best pop recordings. It turns out, even so-called “raw” cashews are not actually raw. From the above, you might be wondering why you can purchase raw cashews.










Poisonous cashew harvesting