Slog - Comments on New Fruit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit Who knew how sexy cashew trees are? Last week I had cashew fruit and wondered if it was a marketing ploy or a real fruit. Finally had time to investigate and turns out it's pseudo-fruit... a swollen peduncle (a stalk bearing fruit) that grows behind the real fruit that yields the cashew nut (which is actually not a nut but a seed from within the true cashew fruit). The true cashew fruit isn't edible; it contains a skin irritant similar to poison ivy. The pseudo-fruit is juicy and sweet but fragile and very perishable, so the fresh fruit isn't exported... Copyright 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:32:02 -0800 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:33:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ivan In Brazil it's called caju (cah-ZHOO, accent over the u). The j in Portuguese is a soft j.

]]> ivan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987064 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:03:18 -0800 Comment by bo swollen peduncle is my new nickname

]]> bo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987069 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:05:24 -0800 Comment by ams Yay! More botany news please!

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987101 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:19:45 -0800 Comment by PA Native This post was just an excuse to post that picture right?

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987318 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987318 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:41:20 -0800 Comment by treacle Mmmmm... peduncle.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987362 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:17:24 -0800 Comment by wbrproductions NSFW! NSFW!

]]> wbrproductions http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987487 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987487 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:00:27 -0800 Comment by john Is that apple taking a shit?

]]> john http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987492 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:03:19 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I'm a little stunned to learn that apples and other pomes are false fruits too. The world is strange. What I need is some of that Nicaraguan cashew-apple wine, or distilled fenny. WHERE CAN I GET FENNY? Thank you Amy Kate, and Wikipedia, for this exotic plant lesson.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987538 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:00:28 -0800 Comment by Krizpie Kreme That's what my scrot looks like after sitting through a whole 9-inning game without going to the backroom.

]]> Krizpie Kreme http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987562 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:28:46 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Backroom?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_fruit#c987601 Chow Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:33:58 -0800