Cashews come from a fruit - Weird Fruit Explorer

Ep 656: Cashew Fruit
Species: Anacardium occidentale
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
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[@JoeMamathan]

"No I am NOT Tobuscus, I don't know what that means." This made me very happy. I don't watch your videos too TOO often, but whenever I do, I enjoy every second! Thanks for the content and teaching me something new every video!

[@kj_H65f]

I still don't know what tobascus is

[@SuperCatfire]

@@kj_H65f i think its a kind of sauce :)

[@CosminNeagu]

Tobuscus? Maybe Jack Antonoff lol.

[@SirBojo4]

@@kj_H65f Probably a kind of Roman fish soup

[@rusduderus]

@@kj_H65f its a 2010 youtuber who started alongside pewdiepie, playing happy wheels and minecraft, then later in career got involved in some girlfriend drama and fell off or i dunno, something like that...

[@ameythegooner]

I grew up eating all parts of the cashew fruit in Coastal India. The cashew nut when it is tender is a rare local delicacy and is cooked in a curry (either purely veg or with dried fish/shrimp). You can juice the ripe cashew apples to get a refreshing drink. Probably, the biggest use of ripe cashew apples is to get a distilled alcoholic liquor (Feni or Arrack/Hurrack)

[@BigboiiTone]

Thanks for the information. I was trying to imagine what this would taste like as I watched. Sounds delicious

[@EmmelineSama]

I have seen a film on KZbin when a family was making feni. Interesting.

[@zhick666]

When he mentioned that the apple/by-fruit was largely wasted because it's so fragile/fast to perish my mind immediately went to wondering why people don't make wine or distilled spirits from it. I wonder why that's not a more common/widely available product, I'd be super interested in trying it. And with the amount of cashews produced there has to be lots of the stuff.

[@ameythegooner]

​@@zhick666 There is a brand called Spirit of India who sells/markets Cashew apple liquor/Feni. Depending on where you are based in USA, I am sure you get it online.

[@nozrep]

wuhhhhh cashew apple liqueur exists?! because of course it does! that is awesome I want to try. I want to try the curry too but I live in US and I feel like it might be easier to find a bottle of imported cashew apple liqueur than to go to an Indian styled restaurant to find actually fresh cashew curry.

[@dondon9734]

We have a lot of Cashew trees in the Northeast of Brazil. We call the fruit "Cajú" and the nut "Castanha de Cajú".

[@burgerbobbelcher]

You know what cashews are called in Hindi? Kaju. Interesting isn't it.

[@k.umquat8604]

Cashews are alsi called Kaju here in Turkey

[@noob19087]

In Finnish chestnuts are called "kastanja". Must have come from the same root word.

[@throwawayidiot6451]

@@burgerbobbelcher yes it is because of Portuguese colonization. Caju comes from native brazilian "indigenous" language, the Portuguese people took that word abroad to a bunch of other countries when they had colonies all over, including India.

[@douglas8568]

yeah, people, but remember that this fruit is from Brazil, thats the original source, all others countries have trees that originated from Brazil

[@mglenadel]

Yellow/red, yes, ripeness. The specific astringency of cashews is called "cica" in Brazil. If you process the fruit in a timely fashion, you can get two types of beverage that do last: cajuína and cashew juice. The difference is like filtered and unfiltered apple juice: one is clear the other is not. The most common to find in Brazil is the juice, that, after processed and pasteurized (at least I think it is pasteurized) can be mixed with water to make a refreshing beverage. If you just squeeze the fruit the juice does not taste like much; if you put the thing in a blender with the skin, there is more flavor. Because of the fibrous nature of the flesh, it can be used as a substitute for fish in a vegan ceviche. The light flavor does not resemble fish, but the texture kinda does.

[@tsugima6317]

My parents visited Brazil in the middle 60's and came back raving about cashew juice and the rest of her life wished she had more. I'm glad she couldn't , as she was VERY allergic to mangos, but loved them anyway.

[@labelrouge9891]

Não sabia dessa

[@Feuervix]

@@labelrouge9891🌈 the more you know 🌈

[@hcps2576]

1000% agree that curry leaves smell like a "gasoline" - I thought I was the only one!! 😂😂😂

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

The smell Is acctually from carophylene the same chemical that gives black pepper its distinct pepperyness, the strongest smelling Rose's also contain lots of carophylene and the strongest smelling and most medicinal cannabis is the highest in carophylene of any plant and it has a gassy irony blood rich smell that is like nothing else with more essential oils than any other plant on earth and containing every essential oil from every fruit on earth! Cannabis is one of the oldest plants on earth and formed before flowers with petals existed and it produces more fruit and herb and spice smells than any other plant on earth and lives on every continent except Antarctica completely naturally and it's used in cooking In thai and Indonesian cuisine and it was used as an herb and medicine and I'm a peace pipe by native Americans and by Europeans and by the original American settlers and it was the most grown crop in the world used for all rope and 90% of clothing and and the cloth that the original wagon trains used were all hemp and to this day hemp is the the strongest fiber on earth stronger than any synthetic fiber and so strong that just a few threads can hold an adults weight up and all ships ropes and sails and all flags were all made from hemp aka cannabis and during ww1 and 2 hemp was the most grown crop for the wars and throughout all of human history hemp has been used by all nations for rope and clothing and as an herb in cooking and as a pain relief and peace herb, for over 2000 yrs people would smoke cannabis with people they wanted to make up with and they called the pipe used for cannabis a peace pipe and called cannabis peace weed since BC the bible was made from hemp , the bible talks about hemp as a normal herb never compared to alcohol which was seen as bad, cannabis was seen as the most important plant and figs were seen as the most important fruit and the fruit that marked that start of spring with the first fig leaf and the end of Summer with the last fig leaf! Jared should start doing weird cannabis reviews xD he could go to Thailand and try some thai mango which is their most flavorful and delicious and most happy and energizing cannabis and it grows completely native and wild just as God made it unchanged for millions of years and every dynasty in Thailand has relied on thai cannabis as a main attraction and export!

[@labellafleur6262]

You are not alone

[@sunnya4310]

Interesting cuz I think curry leaves smell like raw beef

[@cr0nic_.420]

This is my only reason to eat curry

[@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841]

✅ My favorite thing is having the intoxicating fragrance of the curry leaves while enjoying a ripe Durian!!!😳 I’m getting the §hits just thinking about it!!!😬🥴

[@itryen7632]

As a Brazilian i always wondered why people referred to the cashew nuts simply as "cashews", even though that's what the fruit is called

[@EmperorsChildren]

As a brazilian, the title is very funny! I don't think that there's a single brazilian person who doesn't know that, but I guess the nuts are much more common than the fruit elsewhere

[@anne-droid7739]

Lol, yes, you're right, exports are like that all over the world, and always have been. =D

[@kronop8884]

Being from Europe I first learned this travelling in Vietnam 25 years ago so when I lived in Brasil for a few years later on it didnt come a a surprise.

[@misterjuca5357]

Kkkkk pois é.. eu sempre me perguntava pq os cara só chamavam de as castanha de cashew e não cashew nut.

[@John-qn6ex]

Apple seeds come from a fruit! Who would have thought? I am so much amaze! The chingle floobargin chananana ghsfjkfsdhmm

[@darkstar.357]

what's funny about it? Its just a straight fact, cashews come from fruit.

[@perry92964]

dude it looks like you glued a cashew nut to a pepper! this is really educational, now i know why they are so expensive and there are only a few in a can of mixed nuts

[@dynamite32411]

I actually live in the city with the largest cashew tree in the world. One of the things you can do with them is make a nice desert called "Doce de Caju" and I definitely recommend it!

[@Crecross]

Oh yeah?

[@velnz5475]

To answer your question Jared: Tobuscus (Toby Turner) is a beloved gaming youtuber popular in the early 2010s, you just so happen to share the hair and chin. Afaik last people heard of him was some pretty risky allegations and theres certainly some controversies as of the past 3 years. He made a lot of people's childhoods here on this website, people just had the nostalgic experience of someone who looks similar.

[@RedDogRichard2112]

A friend of mine turned me on to his content back in high school. I loved watching his happy wheels videos after school. His super upbeat attitude and random sense of humor made him a huge hit. He was the family friendly version of pewdiepie, that strict parents would let their kids watch.

[@legoqueen2445]

I tried the cashew fruit when I was in Jamaica. It was sweet but also made my mouth/lips very itchy. It was then that I realised that trying a fruit I'd never had before while I was in a beautiful tropical paradise nowhere near a hospital or reliable ambulance service was a very risky thing to do. That said, I'm glad I tried it and that the allergic reaction I experienced wasn't fatal.

[@dboi4952]

It's the enzymes in the fruit that gives your tongue and lips that prickly feeling. It's totally fine. I get the same feeling when I eat a lot of pineapple.

[@999oj]

I will pay any amount to eat one right now. I haven’t eaten one since 20 years after graduating high school. I’m in America now and I can’t find it in America stores.

[@Kavriel]

When you said Tobuscus i had a flashback, PTSD time. I'm pretty sure i'm entitled to some form of compensation for the trauma.

[@writeordie5452]

"That's a name I haven't heard in a looong time."

[@ireallyreallyreallylikethisimg]

Lmao gimme that Tobussy 😩🥺

[@shintanetagawa]

Same tho

[@dario_the2nd931]

i just realized he actually kinda looks like him lol

[@0dddballl750]

yeah but did you know that cashews come from a fruit? d d d did you know that cashews come from a fruit c c c cashews cashews fr fr fr fruit d d d did you know that

[@tinapetrovicz9741]

I had a colleague who was originally from Guatamela who brought Cashew juice to work. It was tasty, made me think of mild mango unripe strawberry flavor. It was orange coloured. She could buy it as a frozen concentrate , like we get Orange juice, at a Latin America Grocery Store in Ottawa (Canada).

[@tookitogo]

Yep! One of my aunts in Guatemala makes cashew popsicles. So yummy.

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

We call them casoy in The Philippines. I remember learning how to extract the "nut" by roasting them then breaking the outer layer when I was a kid. The fruit is delicious as well, it's sweet and a bit sour with a rubbery consistency. I remember putting salt when we eat it. Also tried eating them with spicy shrimp paste the same way we eat green mangoes.

[@randomassortmentofthings]

Tobuscus was a famous Minecraft YTber during the more early days of KZbin. He disappeared into obscurity after being accused of sexual assault. He has a song about cashews

[@GetIsekaid]

Sexual assault that was a lie. That's the sad part about it.

[@AraAnoukh]

The allegations were literally 99.9% true, dunno why tf you're coming out to bat for a irrelevant Minecraft youtuber 🤣

[@ryunosuke8966]

@@AraAnoukh They were confirmed false a while ago. I don't know where this 99.9% is coming from

[@AraAnoukh]

@@ryunosuke8966 "confirmed false" Yeah, the "confirmation" was that he said "I didn't assault her, she was just high" Totally makes it better y'know /s I dunno why you wanna defend an actual rapist but like, go off I guess, I ain't wasting my energy on you

[@Crecross]

He knows, it was a joke

[@jrcorsey]

I enjoyed this much more than the first cashew apple video. Thank you for revisiting this! I do wish you had explicitly evaluated the sweetness. Great, unexpected conclusion to the Costa Rica trip!

[@WeirdExplorer]

there are more costa rica videos on the way haha

[@jrcorsey]

@@WeirdExplorer "But wait... there's more!" - Billy Mays

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

@@WeirdExplorer tubuscus fun fact means low intelligent 🤓🧠 person so that person is calling you literally a moron of cashew. Very offensive indeed and not appropriated!!!

[@tsugima6317]

Any kind of fruit that you taste will taste different at different stages of ripeness, even bananas. He's judging by the way the fruit tastes to him.

[@CookingWithCows]

Instead of gasoline, maybe pine resin is a good analogy? Mangos also have this compound that is a bit resiny

[@eacorpe88]

I was thinking maybe moth ball smell?

[@kj_H65f]

Pine resin and gasoline are often used aa descriptors for cannabis and hops flavors interestingly.

[@drmasroberts]

Mango flavor reminds me more of kerosene and carrots than gasoline. It’s sweet, tart, fragrant, juicy, altogether luscious. Mango is my favorite fruit, though some varieties are better than others.

[@tsugima6317]

@@drmasroberts Grew up in FLORIDA with mango trees. We always referred to the two types we were familiar with as peach mangos ( small and mild) and turpentine mangos( large and rougher flavored). I had a basket of turpentine mangos sitting on my new kitchen table and the sap removed both the stain and polyurethane finish.

[@greasher926]

Oh like Turpentine?

[@NordestinoAleatorio]

Cashew is a fruit native to the northeast region of Brazil, where the climate is very dry and hot, and when the Portuguese discovered Brazil, they spread and planted this plant in many other countries.

[@GustafUNL]

Thank you for the historical information.

[@akagamicosplay]

For it being related to poison ivy, you sure played around with it for a good minute The apple looks tasty, too

[@roadrunnercrazy]

Yes. It was making me very anxious.

[@RosieMe5]

He might not have much of a reaction to poison ivy, I've never had it myself despite having walked through it many times. It's uncommon but not unheard of for some people to have a lighter reaction or no rash

[@erikjohnson9223]

The bigger danger is if the shell is broken or scarred. That is why he didn't try to crack it to eat the nut also. The chemical BTW is urushiol (at least in Toxicodendron).

[@sleepyj9123]

Honestly I have no reaction whatsoever to poison ivy, oak, or sumac. I doubt cashew would ever bother me either, and mango is one of my favorite fruits.

[@totallynotdelinquent5933]

Mangoes are also related to poison ivy. It's why some people who are allergic to poison ivy are allergic to mangoes. They all contain certain amounts of Urushiol, which is what irritates your skin

[@gr8handsftl]

Love cashew apples. We have many here in south Florida. Definitely have to wait until they are completely ripe, at least for me. Nice sweet flavor with a slight astringency. Many people here make jams and jellies from them as well as juices and wines. Glad that you didn't try to roast the nut inside, the poisons in the shells carry through the smoke and can cause really bad reactions in people. Including contact dermatitis and even lung/respiratory issues and can close up the air passageways. I usually just chew on the cashew apple flesh and when all the juice is out, spit out the "rubbery" remnants. They are also good chilled really cold or even sliced thin and frozen

[@jessev2197]

I was going to mention that. It's like being near a bonfire that had wood with poison ivy on it. You get dots on your skin where the ivy oil particle in the smoke landed on you. I would assume the same would happen when you open the oven door, and the heat hits the face.

[@binorobin]

Here in India, we sometimes eat the cashew nuts raw. It some what tastes different (In a good way) than the roasted once. Use a knife to open the nut (be careful) and after taking the cashews out, use a cotton cloth to wipe the cashews to remove those chemicals which might have touched while you opened the nut. It is very very tasty and unique. Don't take my word for it, just try it yourself.

[@arthurbarbosadelira7505]

You really eat them that way? that is Nice. Just remember to be extra careful, because the oils in the shell will do a hell of a burn if you dont clean that thing right.

[@binorobin]

@Arthur Barbosa de Lira Yes that oil in the shell will burn the tongue but trust me, we have been eating this way since my childhood. I have never burnt my tongue, not even once. All you have to do is, wipe the nuts using a dry cloth before consuming.

[@pedroff_1]

The town I grew up with is named Aracaju, which means "parrots'(/macaws') cashew trees", and we have a handful of statues of giant cashews around the place. If you ever do a video on Northeastern Brazil, would love to direct you to some cool things to do and eat

[@ariariaris]

Oh wow, I ate a few of these like 13 years ago when I lived in acapulco! A friend’s dad had a bunch of cashew trees. I thought they had a soft mango texture but the flavor was somewhere between peach and jamón serrano (the very expensive spaniard ham). I probably couldn’t identify that flavor anymore since I stopped eating meat 3 years later but it was super reminiscent of that when I tried it back then...

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

Maybe that meat you recognize uses the juice of this fruit as a marinade!

[@ariariaris]

@@GoldenBoy-et6of it 100% does not! jamón serrano is a cured ham from a fancy pig with a fancy diet. Even geographically it wouldn’t make sense, it was just an odd flavor profile similarity. The ham doesn’t taste like fruit, the fruit tastes slightly like fancy ham.

[@guilhermebarbieri3030]

You should try the cashew's apple juice, very popular here in Brazil

[@NordestinoAleatorio]

Não só o suco, muitos outros produtos são feitos com essa fruta, que por curiosidade, é nativa do Brasil, mais especificamente na Caatinga.

[@joannad5374]

In Panama this fruit is called the marañón and we had a tree growing at the bottom of the garden. The local people used the fruit to make an alcoholic drink. Apparently it comes from Spanish maraña meaning a thicket or brushwood . Marañón is a place name in Navarre, a surname in Galicia, Spain and a river in Peru.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I've had plenty of "water apple" in Indonesia. While I'm allergic to poison ivy and had some mild reactions to mangos in the past I haven't had any issues with cashew excessory fruit. Reminded me of a mild star fruit or apple but it's texture was more like that of the white rind of a green bell pepper. Basically plant styrofoam. 😂

[@oivinf]

Water apples and rose apples are from the Syzygium genus. They look visually similar but are not closely related to cashew. There are several reviews of them on this channel so you can go look :)

[@giovanna1849]

I just ate an cashew apple. This is crazy! Love from Brazil

[@mandab.3180]

i think the cashew apple review was one of the first i saw 🤔 when i was in belize there was a place selling cashew wine made from these fruits. they had samples and it was pretty good, not sure why it isn't more common.

[@desucore.]

tobuscus made a song called "Viral Song" 8 years ago that includes the lyrics "did you know that cashews come from a fruit?" and its absurdly catchy

[@AksTube]

One of the things I like about you, Jared, is that you are a really sensible guy. It would have indeed been very bad idea to roast it indoors, considering it has a highly flammable acid and could easily burn you if you didn't know what you're doing... Love your content by the way ❤️

[@loganlogon3720]

I'm thinking that I've lucked out here, I'm insanely sensitive to poison oak but have (thankfully) not had any super adverse reaction to mango in any form yet. Just a bit of itchy throat from the raw ones. Thanks for the heads up!

[@DevourInc2]

"No I am not Tobuscus" made my night

[@bethotoole6569]

Dude,, you just messed up my world. I’m 65 and never knew this is how cashews grew. I can die happy now!!

[@rebaeveler3062]

I never knew how cashews grew this is so cool.

[@alemalvina7624]

Its a really uncommon fruit

[@silvergriggs8952]

OH MY GOD, 🤣 I REMEMBER THAT SONG! '🎶 did you know that cashews come from the fruit! "

[@JackiedudeQQ]

"No, I am not Tobuscus." But the resemblance is uncanny and I got a good laugh out of hearing that! Imagine if he then on the next video goes: "Hello, once again, Audience..." I would be on the floor laughing at my ahh, rolling off my chair.

[@mikeinisrael]

We have also cashew's in the Philippines and we called it "Kasoy/Kasuy". I remember when I was living in a far flung area of the Philippines we used to eat the fruit with my friends and we threw the seeds because it might burn your skin.

[@karlbasallote6719]

Also sold in Antipolo City.

[@damianlopez7630]

They make a liquor out of it. Also it spoils quickly so it is difficult to sell at market.

[@D1ne-O-SAur]

Those are one of my favorite fruits, we have them in the warm west-south side of the country and locally we call them "Jocote Marañón", eating them with salt and lemon is really good, but also the beverage from it is amazing. Nice vid, and I'm from Guatemala.

[@nelmaakino6706]

I love cashew fruit healthy and juice lots of vitamin

[@70rodal]

EL MARAÑÓN, JODIDO!!!! Thank you so much for sharing and explaining about this unique fruit...it is a one of a kind, just like many other tropical fruits. I thank you so much because you are WILLING AND OPEN MINDED...GRACIAS JODIDO. I was born in Nicaragua. I came to the United States in 1979...I miss the red MARAÑON.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I very much hope to be able to try cashew fruit some day. Cashew fruit, cacao fruit, and purple mangosteen are at the top of my fruit bucket list. Thanks for a more in-depth video on these things! Very interesting as always.

[@macdougdoug]

Mangosteen are up there on my best fruit list. You might want to consider adding Rambutan to your list. Also I once ate a most excellent mulberry off a giant tree in England - deeelicious.

[@eduardo_coimbra]

If you come to Brazil, you'll be able to try all of these, especially in the north and northeast. Cashew fruit is one of my favorite fruits.

[@JTMusicbox]

Cashews are definitely weird fruit! Awesome video! I love when you make things yourself as an experiment. Too bad you were at an Air B&B this time.

[@coffeecatcat]

So in India the nut is roasted/boil to remove the outer shell and the Apple is left over is used for medicine ,jelly,tea

[@the_birthday_skeleton]

background; I'm white, british and had never heard of this fruit before. I tried ,my first Kashew fruit in Goa, 2009 when I was 12 years old. Climbed up a tree to get it down with a local Goan guy ids made friends with and told me it was the sweetest fruit in the world. Sunil, you got me good 🤣 one of the funniest pranks i've ever experienced - wishing you all the best, brother.

[@TheBurtDude]

I met Tobuscus once in a Sandwich shop like 9 years ago. I see the resemblance haha!

[@aaronwadzinski5761]

One of the uses for the fruit is to ferment the juice, and then distill it. the resultant alcohol is called Feni

[@Sherirose1]

💓

[@TelevisedEntropy]

If you're allergic to poison ivy, avoid this... what about if you're allergic to nuts, lol? As someone with allergies to nuts and several seeds, I have to be rather careful when eating fruits I'm not familiar with - part of why I enjoy watching your channel. I can enjoy exotic fruits vicariously.

[@joaopedrocruz6432]

It is not very similar to nuts, so maybe you could try it.

[@N4CR]

I went to South India recently and the cashew apples were sold on side of the road. They make amazing juice just cut the acid/cashew bearing end out so there is no dark stuff (it will burn your throat). It's beautifully sweet, like an acidic lychee. If you are not careful (with the cashew end), my friend said he lost his voice for a few days and had one hell of a burnt throat xD

[@littlejackg1]

My father in law grows these in Africa. I was lucky enough to be there when they became ripe once. We pulled them off the trees and ate them. It became one of my favourite fruits and it didn't seem to have a bad texture. The local children would gather up the nuts and roast them with their parents to sell. My father in law grows many fruits to live off his land and lets others take the excess

[@cloneofethan]

I love your videos, but when commented "I'm not toboscus", I laughed so hard, I used to watch that guy when I was 13

[@TrevorTrottier]

I've had cashew fruit liquor, it taste of cheese slices.

[@alfonsomural4792]

Hey you finally made a video on this, I grew the yellow ones in Florida as well as a bunch of different fruits back in the day. I havent watched the video from this yet but they also make wine out of these, or atleast that's what I heard from my neighbors back then.

[@alexnunez114]

I used to live in the Dominican Republic, and when I went to school there we had a cashew tree growing in the middle of my high school; and we used the nut part of the fruit to tattoo eachother.

[@nunyabizz3518]

Cashews are my FAVORITE nut. Thank u for teaching us about it. Learn something new everyday!

[@marcim5172]

I grew with a cashew tree in the backyard. It's so weird the way he talks about the fruit of my childhood as if it's alien food

[@dario_the2nd931]

It's called marañón in my town here in mexico and is all over the town the middle/secondary school has a bunch of trees in its property and usually we just eat the fruit, I didn't know this was were the cashew came from, and it's really cool how i live near a lot of its trees.

[@OutoExodus]

Funny that Maranhão (marañaon, sort of) is a State of northeastern Brazil that produces a lot of cashew nuts.

[@tookitogo]

@@OutoExodus That must be where the Spanish name comes from, since almost any word in Portuguese that ends in -ão ends in -ón in Spanish (camarão-camarón, informacão-información, etc).

[@rebekahTee-er3rz]

@@OutoExodus isnt it called maracuja ?

[@couvana]

Extra fruit is widely used in preparing cashew feni, especially in Goa.

[@miss-asketches5284]

I had no idea how cashews grew. It does look weird. Thanks! 👍😉

[@rgc517]

You have 2 different varieties of the same fruit. In my country, we cook that with water and sugar to make Dulce de Marañon. Its like a jam, really good.

[@niharg2011]

As an Indian raised in a farming family (and from the western coastal region) looking at this title, I was like isn't this common info? Cashew is a huge crop here India, Alcohol, Sweets, Pastes/Purees added in various curries here or just salted and used as snack/appetizer alongside Alcohol it's almost everywhere here. Weird how some things can be extremely common knowledge in one part of the world and like unheard of in the other

[@cellophane.flowers]

It's funny how some people only know about the seed of the marañón! When I was a child, grandpa showed me some whole cashews and I was amazed at how the seed was on the outside 🤣. I also loved the way my mouth kinda shriveled when I ate it. That's just part of this fruit's charm and note some allergic reaction.

[@zionhamashiach1326]

I love cashews and Costa Rica! I never thought a cashew would be a fruit seed. Very cool 👍🏿 Keep exploring fruit! Ahimsa

[@SuperSarahbop]

Nanny years ago I went on a cruise that had a stop at Belize. The excursion we took we learned all about cashews. Cashew wine is a thing our guide said locals say it’s 1 drink with 2 drunks if that makes any sense that you drink it once and feel it’s effects spice.

[@Nickle314]

Don't taste the unripe hard case at the top. The nearest taste I can describe is sucking the ink out of a biro

[@Cohowarren]

In Cambodia we had a party at a friends cashew farm. Ate the fruit and roasted and ate nuts. Grilled chicken...much fun and tasty.

[@nonstopper1410]

my Paternal Grandmother used to make dessert from Cashew fruit! she used to peel it and boil in water, then add brown sugar, cinnamon and clover.

[@figloalds]

This fruit is very common in Brazil, I even have a cashew tree in my yard 2:45 here in Brazil they sell cashew pulp in bottles so that you can mix it with water and suggar and get delicious cashew juice.

[@gerdahuertas26]

In Guatemala we roast the seed and make a beverage with the apple. Delicious and refreshing!

[@AriesOcean]

I saw the title and before even watching the video, I searched tobuscus cashew song. And I can't believe, that a video I watch years ago came back into my head.

[@folcolor1918]

I love eating marañon (the name of the cashew in Costa Rica) as a juice. The slight dryness in the fruit is always surprising. I also remember burying the cashew seeds in the sand under a campfire to roast them when I was a kid.

[@taylankammer]

Great video. I'm a 28 year-old German who likes cashews and didn't know to this day about their "accessory" fruit! Crazy how we can be so disconnected from the nature of what we eat... Globalization and all.

[@BeingLifted]

Really, really interesting stuff. I was surprised to hear that cashews come from a fruit. Thanks!

[@davidparrish1133]

In Belize, they make cashew wine from the "fruit". They roast the nut to destroy the toxic oil between the shell and nut before they're sold. The most interesting part is cashews are like Krispy Kreme donuts. They have a definite half life. Within the first few hours , they have an amazing buttery flavor. By they next day, they taste like - cashews.

[@RijuChatterjee]

We lived among a cashew garden when I was age 10-12. There were both the yellow and red ones, and different colors never grew on the same tree. The taste of the two fruits was a bit different.

[@moflefermin6265]

I grew up eating these in the Dominican republic, they also make delicious candy paste and jellies with them

[@dafilgofernandes702]

Yeah one from goa, cashew are famous here, Portuguese introduced here, regarding its use it's not as cattle food, but the main reason for lack of this fruit in market is due to it's softness. But the main use of this fruit other than it's nut is they are collected in piles, pressed and it's juice is fermented and later boiled to extract alcohol, feni is the famous like whisky here. And regarding the taste it's the back part with stem that you should cut before eating which is not so sweet.

[@gaywizard2000]

I live in Canada so have never had this fruit but have been intrigued for a while about it! I love cashews and their temperate relative the sumac, a nice ornamental tree. I did live in Mexico once and tried many new, to me, fruits and juices. My main question is always is it good with vodka? That's my main criteria, lol

[@elizabethjames213]

In Jamaica we make a drink from the fruit part, but you will have to strain it to remove the Fibre. The yellow and red are the same only different color. It as a stainy after taste but there is a process for getting rid of the stain

[@vedangarekar1390]

I love smelling the cashew fruit. Idk if im weird for doing so but something about the fruit is enticing although I very well know you cannot eat it like that.

[@juliejohnson6472]

Cashews are so strange, but I love em. I think I prefer them raw and unsalted these day. As a kid we ate them salted and roasted. They sold them warm too. Heard the acid after prolong touching can give you warts or blisters? Going to find a documentary on their production.❤️🌎💚

[@ifeifesi]

I grew up in West Africa and had a cashew tree in our garden and we liked the nuts and the fruit. Basically you put the nut in some coals to roast it and that dries out the acid in the nutshell. You can extract the nut raw but be prepared to get the irritating acid on your hands or wear gloves. The fruit is very juicy and delicious to eat. It's unlike anything else for flavour

[@HaZe_Da_PiTBuLL]

I don’t know how I came across weird explore or why it was recommended for me but I’m subscribing because I’m in the weird shit and science and information

[@John-3.16-18]

If you have a garden, you can use the "accessory" part as compost. really just any vegetable or fruit scraps are compost. You can also add egg shells, grass clippings, leaves, etc. Oh also, I did mistook you for Tobuscus. But my thought "man he looks younger than I remember." Then I saw the channel name.

[@freedaoslu7127]

Oh boy! Flashbacks. I ate this as a toddler, despite being told not to. 2 minutes later... huge rash!

[@bradrolim3731]

They not only come from fruit but, a delicious one.

[@malegria9641]

Idk why this came into my feed but I binged your videos and am now addicted

[@WeirdExplorer]

welcome

[@bengtal]

In California, I started curry leaf trees from seed a year or two ago, and they have grown enough for me to harvest a little, a few times. I know exactly what you mean by gasoline-smell. I also think of tar, and rubber. There is also a citrusy/tangy freshness going on. Another plant, strangely enough, that emits this gas/tar smell, is Catha Edulis a.k.a. Khat or Mira, that is chewed as a stimulant in North-East Africa. Unlike curry leaves though, the Catha leaves are more bitter and astringent, and without the citrusy, culinary appeal. Cashew-fruit pulp can be bought frozen in Latin American supermarkets... I feel like you even mentioned that in a prior video or something. Good video Jared, thank you!

[@nannettefreeman7331]

You've got to try the cashew wine! It's VERY sweet. I'd describe it as being like a nutty California Reisling with a hint of an apple cider vinegar kick. Don't drink too much, though, coz it packs quite a hangover! Mr P's brand from Belize is probably the most popular. I imagine you can buy it in Costa Rica, but there might be a local brand as well.

[@erikarnold4737]

Okay, well I can understand why they can be expensive, since it's an entire fruit for just one nut. I don't really know anything about any other nuts, but I can appreciate how time consuming these would be to grow and harvest. Cool video

[@janinebelleestrada7096]

One nut and it takes too long for them to grow, one fucking three sometimes just gives you like 15 fruits. I know this because I have one cashew tree beside my room. The motherfucking tree sometimes if it doesn't feel like it won't even grow some of its nuts and you can't even plant it next to other berry bushes or vegetables if it doesn't murder the other plants by sucking out all the nutrients in the ground like a fucking mango tree. Its a frustrating tree but I still love it because I love the tangy sour berry sweet taste of the fruit

[@janinebelleestrada7096]

Also you gotta water it regularly if you want juicier fruits. My grampa taught me that and one year I didn't water it regularly like once every three days it didn't even grow at least one fruit.

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

This guy is hilarious, what a character😂

[@FB-gm6el]

mangos also can contain urushiol(the toxic poison ivy compound)...if you are sensitive to it, be aware of the sticky clear sap sometimes present on the outsides of mangos. i've suffered reactions on my lips from it before. it is not immediate, so it is difficult to correlate if you are unaware. personally i would be leery of handling/consuming cashews in this form...

[@guarapo66]

I have a tree of those, I like the juice you can make with it, i don’t enjoy eating the fruit because it has too much fiber and it lets you with a weird feeling in the lips, i like touching the fruit itself, it’s oily in the outside and soft😅

[@ernajkavanagh6571]

I grew up eating the entire cashew. I roasted the nuts and enjoyed it totally. I also had the fruit/ cashew meat. It's plentiful in Jamaica 🇯🇲 my home sweet home.

[@akniznik]

i ate ripened cashew apples directly off the trees in Nicaragua on the island of Ometepe. They were delicate to the touch and burst almost like a water balloon. super delicious and super delicate. There is no way they could be transported to market. They will not ripen that way off tree. They must be eaten off the tree to appreciate in its proper ripeness.

[@CLCIII]

Very interesting! Smarter Every Day made a good choice supporting your content! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

[@dawnwatkins6554]

I have seen videos of people doing different things with cashew fruit. Juicing-cooking and if I remember correctly even wine making.

[@deepakmohapatra7416]

its a good fruit, i get to eat since we have 2 farms for cashew. and the nut pack shown is what excatly we get as end product for a small batch. rest of the raw cashew we sell them in local market. burning cashew then with gloved hand using a beetlenut breaker cashew is broken and they will have this peanut skin looking thin skin. can be removed and it is advised to eat those cashew by roasting mildly for not to have any contact with that cashew oil.

[@iamthatgaby]

I hate the cashew fruit with all my heart. They're in season around Easter in CR so I have this ingrained memory of my family going to other people's properties to forage for them, it took hours and we would pick up the fruits from the floor, twist out the seed and throw away the rotting fruit. Then we would go back home with kilos of nuts, roast them in a big wok over a fire for hours. They said the fumes could kill parrots, monkeys and squirrels though I never witnessed it myself. Thank god you didn't do it indoors... Then you would have to go nut by nut cracking them open with a rock and by that point it would crumble like coal. Then trying to wash your hands and fingernails... insane amount of labor. The seeds are good but I'm never doing that again.

[@jeffreyschmidt3997]

Wow, very interesting story! Thanks for sharing. For me and many in the US I'm sure, we simply crack open a bag of cashew nuts and snack away without thinking about all of the labor that went into harvesting them. I'll certainly appreciate them more in the future now that I've read your experience. It sounds like a lot of work for such a small yield

[@jeffreyschmidt3997]

Also, is CR = Czech Republic?

[@f.g.9466]

I was recommended your channel, first video I watch and this the stuff I like indeed. It was funny that you said that there's not much production of cashew in Costa Rica. The tree is native to the north of South America, so the native range possibly extends to Costa Rica or maybe naturalized. I haven't figured out yet if you're into botany/ethnobotany or just someone who decided to try fruit, but this sort of knowledge of where plants are native and what native gruits are there to try would definitely take things things a notch further. Cashew trees were first take by portuguese traders from South America to India and from there it spread to other Asian and African countries. When I visited the Philippines I knew the country was one of the largest producers of cashew so I was on the hunt for the fresh fruit to try. I could not find it in the markets, but on a hike to a waterfall I found some feral trees growing on the edge of a forest and tried some freshly foraged by myself. What I did find in the markets was cashew fruit wine!