Dear Goanetters, Cecil is absolutely right, although Joseph Zuzarte is not necessarily wrong. All Gymnosperms[ including the common Cycas and Zamea] have naked[ exposed, if you prefer]seeds. So are nuts like the coconut and betelnut...only these nuts do not have a swollen 'hypothalamus'. Therein lies the rub.;-)) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecil Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Joseph Zuzarte wrote: In fact, cashew fenny and the fenny stills in villages are practically a part of our collective Goan racial memory. > Cecil: > a) Considering that the Portuguese introduced the cashew tree to Goa just a > few hundred years ago I don't think it can be really have been assimilated > so soon into our 'racial memory'. > Joseph Zuzarte freshly squeezed out neera or juice of cashew fruit, the only fruit with its seed outside its body. > Cecil: > I am sure there are other fruits that have the seeds outside the body. > Miguel Braganza will surely educate us on that. > Technically though, what is referred to as the cashew 'apple' is not > actually the fruit but is a modification of a part of the flower that > breeds the fruit. The cashew seed itself is the 'fruit' and the inner > edible kernel is the actual 'seed'. But lets not go into the technical > details and just accept for the time being that the 'apple' is the cashew > 'fruit' in layman's language. > > -------- Viva Goa. Miguel