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Cashew nuts come from cashew apples in Brazil.
Cashew apples are too fragile to export so we pick the reproductive part & sell it as a nut.
Cashew nuts come from cashew apples in Brazil.
Cashew apples are too fragile to export so we pick the reproductive part & sell it as a nut.
Walnuts come in a green fruit husk.
When the fruit rippens, its shell cracks open & the walnut is exposed. The nut is removed, washed, dried. Then we crack the nut & eat the kernel.
When the fruit rippens, its shell cracks open & the walnut is exposed. The nut is removed, washed, dried. Then we crack the nut & eat the kernel.
Pistachios are a fuit related to mangos & they look like mini-mangos that grow in bunches like grapes.
The fruit skin is peeled off (made into jam) to reveal the hard nut shell we buy in the shops & crack open for the kernal.
The fruit skin is peeled off (made into jam) to reveal the hard nut shell we buy in the shops & crack open for the kernal.
Brazil nuts grow on gigantic trees in Amazonian forests.
The fruit are large hard balls that resemble coconuts & 1 fruit ball can contain 12–24 nuts that are arranged like segments of an orange.
A ripe fruit falls to the ground, is cracked open so the nuts are dried & sold.
The fruit are large hard balls that resemble coconuts & 1 fruit ball can contain 12–24 nuts that are arranged like segments of an orange.
A ripe fruit falls to the ground, is cracked open so the nuts are dried & sold.
Peanuts are not strictly nuts!
They are actually legumes from the pea family that grow underground from the roots of a plant with pretty yellow flowers.
The peanut pod grows when the flower is pollinated & the fertilized 'seedling' ovule is carried down into the ground.
They are actually legumes from the pea family that grow underground from the roots of a plant with pretty yellow flowers.
The peanut pod grows when the flower is pollinated & the fertilized 'seedling' ovule is carried down into the ground.
Pecans are from the walnut family.
There are 500+ varieties of pecans with slightly different characteristics like flavour, texture, size, color, etc.
The small bunches of fruits dry, split along lines to separate into four equal parts, freeing the nuts that we crack.
There are 500+ varieties of pecans with slightly different characteristics like flavour, texture, size, color, etc.
The small bunches of fruits dry, split along lines to separate into four equal parts, freeing the nuts that we crack.
Hazelnuts are formed from the fertilized female flowers on the bush.
Each forming nut is enclosed in its own leafy sheath or 'bract'.
After 4-6 weeks, the leaves open & the husks turn yellow meaning they are ripe to be picked by hand or will fall.
Each forming nut is enclosed in its own leafy sheath or 'bract'.
After 4-6 weeks, the leaves open & the husks turn yellow meaning they are ripe to be picked by hand or will fall.
