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Old 03-09-2009, 09:52
Straker
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Are they that much harder to grow than regular peanuts? Love them but the price of them is shocking - How come?
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Old 03-09-2009, 10:46
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Peanuts grow in the ground and you dig them up.
Cahew nuts grow on trees, so it is more labour intensive to harvest them.
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Old 03-09-2009, 10:53
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It's a bloody good job they're so expensive, as I'd be the size of a house given the rate I can throw a bag of honey roast cashews down my gullet.
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Old 03-09-2009, 11:14
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they actually grow singularly on top of a fruit, as you don't get many on a tree it makes them dear.
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Old 03-09-2009, 11:35
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I'm always looking out for deals on cashew nuts because I use them a lot in my cooking. Asda do smart price ones at the moment, which is a fairly decent bags worth of broken cashew pieces, only 99p I think.

Look around health food shops though for when they go on sale. Sometimes the massive bags of them go for half price!
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Old 03-09-2009, 11:59
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they actually grow singularly on top of a fruit, as you don't get many on a tree it makes them dear.
Yes, they are actually a seed rather than a nut. Mind you, a peanut is a legume
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Old 03-09-2009, 12:48
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And a banana is a herb
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Old 03-09-2009, 18:46
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Pine nuts and Maccadamia nuts are more expensive than cashews.
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