Cashew
Anacardium occidentale · Nut
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A sweet, buttery, faintly milky nut, kidney-shaped and grown dangling beneath an edible false fruit. It is roasted as a snack, blended into curries and dairy-free creams, and ground into butter.
Picking a good onedrag
Ivory, dry, snappingBrown, soft, rancid
Shop freshEveryday bestThe all-rounder: roasting, curries, nut butter, and the dairy-free creams and cheeses.
ColourCream, a shade deeper, still even
The snapSnaps, a little less brittle
SmellClean, the sweetness faint
The jar or bagA faint oily film, nothing loose
What you get from one
1.4 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 13× longer than the counter.
70%
Humidity
Sealed and dark
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