[Sca-cooks] Hester Spoon Nuts

[Terry Decker]

>>If it's Pre-Columbian, then forget cashews.  They are a tropical New world
>>nut from Anacardium occidentale.
>>
>>Bear
>
>I thought there were cashews in Asia, but they may have been brought there.
>
>Adamantius

According to the quick ref, it New World.  Since cashew derives from a
Portuguese word derived from Tupi, I suspect it is Brazilian and a
Portuguese import into Asia.

Bear