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Originally Posted by El Gibbon
if done with peanuts, why not cashews.

Errr, 'cos cashews ain't nuts?

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Errrrmmmm.... neither are pea"nuts"

Peanut as used in the recipe noted in my post are the 'seeds' of a legume.

However, in the area of Cuisine the are acceptably known as nuts.

Cashews are the 'fruit' of the cashew apple actually. Within the fruit you will find what are commonly called cashew nuts (Seeds).

Cashews, peanuts, almonds, pistachio nuts, pine nuts and macadamia amongst others, while not nuts per botanical definition, are considered nuts in the culinary sense.

Wierdly enough, some botanists actually do classify chasews as nuts. They are in the minority though.

rgds

E. G.